Teachers can get kids comfortable with math concepts by using numeracy-focused vocabulary in everyday classroom activities.

A butterfly math worksheet helps preschoolers build early math skills like counting, number recognition, and simple addition. These printable activities turn learning into a fun, hands-on ...

Valentine’s Day math worksheets are a fun way to combine festive activities with early learning. Perfect for preschool to first grade, these worksheets make math engaging with holiday-themed ...

7. Patterns should probably be part of the Common Core State Standards for kindergarten math. Rittle-Johnson’s most recent research has focused on patterns and whether or not learning about simple, ...

Count Play Explore tries to combat the slow progress in early math skills by making math more accessible with myriad memorable characters who add, subtract and measure their way from the kitchen table ...

A series of activities designed to teach math concepts inspired by children’s books are being piloted in Fresno as part of the California Statewide Early Math Initiative, which aims to improve how ...

Math instruction in the early grades is too often becoming more like traditional high school math classes. I have seen kindergarten and 1st grade teachers giving short lectures followed by having ...

We can’t just hope that kids notice these [math rules], so how we structure problems matters. [For example,] you want to put three plus two and two plus three next to each other [on a worksheet].

The National Institutes of Health awarded $438,829 to University of Dayton psychologist Mary Fuhs to study early development of mathematics skills in preschool-age children, particularly those from ...

Most parents know how important it is to expose young children to letters, words and books. But math? Not so much. A new study has found many parents underestimate their child’s math ability, missing ...

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.

In Boston public schools, 3, 4 and 5-year-olds are getting their first introduction to math. Before they walk through the kindergarten door, the “Building Blocks” curriculum is designed to ...