A large body of research evidence suggests that strong math skills in young children are a powerful predictor of future academic success. But early-childhood educators—the professionals who are ...

Those early differences can have critical implications for whether students ultimately reach proficiency by third grade — a critical academic benchmark closely tied to long-term educational success.

This is the first in a two-part series. The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for math is one of the most contentious in ...

Trotwood-Madison City Schools is launching a summer kindergarten boot camp aimed at helping the district's youngest students ...

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It's the time of year when parents are thinking of registering their children for kindergarten in September—a much-anticipated moment in the lives of many parents and their young ones.

Despite research showing the crucial importance of math at a preschool level for future academic success, preschool programs face significant obstacles in implementing an effective math program, ...

The findings are from a meta-analysis, or systematic review, of 18 studies looking at number board games and early math skills in children preschool through second grade. “We selected this topic ...

Kindergarten is often assumed to be the starting point for math learning: alongside ABCs, children begin learning their 123s.

Want to help your kindergartner master math? Here are some of the skills your child would be learning in the kindergarten classroom. Know the words for numbers ...

Spread the love“`html When we talk about preparing our youngest learners for the rigors of formal schooling, the conversation often zeroes in on preschool or traditional kindergarten. But there’s a ...

Ontario’s revised kindergarten program asks teachers to use both explicit literacy instruction and play-based learning.