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Parents Can Help Kids Develop Skills Before Kindergarten

Abilene Reporter-News (TX)

More is expected of kindergarten students today than 20 years ago. That's what Jill Scott noticed during 39 years of working for public schools. Now an assistant professor of teacher education at Abilene Christian University, Scott spent decades working with the youngest students—preschoolers, kindergartners and first-graders.

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