Early-childhood advocates have been concerned for some time that the academic expectations of elementary school are filtering down to kindergarten. Now, there’s a bit of pressure from the other ...

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, ...

Early childhood educators need more training in how to teach math. Even more important is helping families integrate simple ...

The Summit School District board of education gave initial approval for a set of curriculum updates for preschool math and middle school social studies during an April 11 meeting. For the past months, ...

APPLETON – After a two-year process, the Appleton Area School District will revamp its math curriculum to make it more consistent from kindergarten to 12th grade. “This allows us to have a consistent ...

Studies suggest early math skills are a better predictor of academic success than early reading skills. However, in a typical five-hour preschool day, only 58 seconds are spent on math learning.

The kids are screeching with delight as they roll tennis balls into empty water bottles, each bottle numbered in sequence. Is it bowling or a math game? It's both, part of a program called Number Ways ...

AbstractAnalyzing Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey—Kindergarten (ECLS-K) data, we examine how exposure to instructional practices influences math test scores at the end of kindergarten for children ...