Kathleen Hayes, currently editor of Highlights High Five™, has taught graduate courses in early childhood education at Bank Street College, has worked as a staff developer with New Jersey and Albuquerque public school teachers, and was the primary consultant and project manager of Bank Street’s collaboration with Macmillan/McGraw-Hill’s 2008 science program (PreK–Grade 2 materials) and their Pre-K reading, social studies, and math programs. She co-authored Classroom Routines That Really Work for Pre-K and Kindergarten (Scholastic, 2002) and has written science leveled readers for Macmillan/McGraw-Hill and Time for Kids.