CHICAGO — Shermain Herndon was a parent first at St. Paul Lutheran School on Chicago’s South Side but quickly found her calling as a teacher. There is a balance in her kindergarten classroom.

The decision—which says that kindergarten teachers should facilitate play-based ... create fairy houses with tiny sticks, or play a game that they make up, they each check in with Arrow and ...

To attend kindergarten in Kansas, you have to be 5 years old by August 31st. That’s pretty much the only rule. But teachers say it helps if kids know a few things before they start school.