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 ...

Child playing with different color wooden rings on a board with painted numbers and dots. In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class in Aston, Pennsylvania, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and ...

Can a four-year-old master fractions, or even learn algebra, in pre-school? Not quite, but data from the National Research Council show the earlier children are exposed to any kind of focused math ...

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, ...

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 ...

The debate over what early math should look like and what should be included in the Common Core State Standards for early mathematics has been contentious, to say the least. This story also appeared ...

Here's how you can help your kindergartner master the basics of math outside of the classroom. Try to incorporate basic math concepts into everyday activities. Have your child count objects regularly ...

The latest results of the Program for International Student Assessment give tantalizing hints of the connections between students’ early-childhood education and their later math scores. A new ...

When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a 4-year-old can cope with. Going to school in California was a big challenge ...

On the first day of school at Viking Elementary School in Grand Forks, kindergarten students engaged in a basic routine. Forming a slightly clumsy line, the tykes walked outside the school and crowded ...