7 Signs Your 5-Year-Old Is Ready For Private Kindergarten
In Massachusetts, children must begin school in September of the calendar year in which they turn...
4 Ways to Give Your Kids a Great Education Without Leaving Boston
Do you really have to leave Boston as soon as your first child turns four?
Redshirting: Are Parents Asking the Wrong Question?
Across the country, more and more parents are “redshirting” their children when it comes to...
4 Questions an Education Consultant Asks When Visiting Private Kindergartens
As an educational consultant, Carol Kinlan has helped hundreds of families in the Boston area find...
‘No Girls Allowed’: How Single-Sex Education Helps 5-Year-Old Boys Learn
Separating boys and girls into different classrooms may make a lot of sense at the middle or high...
3 Reasons to Enroll Your Son in an All-Boys Kindergarten.
Interest in single-sex education is on the rise in the United States. For the past decade or so, ...
The Case for Studying Spanish in Pre-K and Kindergarten
At Fessenden, we believe students benefit in myriad ways from studying a second (or third)...
Fourth Grade: A Time to Encourage Complex Conversations
Fourth Grade: Encouraging Complex Conversations
How an All-Boys Private Pre-K Was a Worthy Investment in My Son’s Future
On this blog, we often write about how an all-boys private pre-kindergarten program will help...
A Teacher’s Perspective: 3 Reasons Pre-K Students Do Better in Kindergarten
A few weeks ago on this blog, we interviewed a Pre-K teacher here at The Fessenden School about how...