What is the best way to help poor schoolchildren succeed at math? A study now sheds light on the ways preschool activities may -- or may not -- help children develop cognitive skills. What is the best ...

How can early-childhood educators best help children from low-income families succeed when it comes to learning math? Researchers from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...

A Wesleyan University psychology professor and her students are finding out that preschool children are more than ready to learn math, as long as it’s fun. Professor Anna Shusterman, who studies ...

A study conducted with low-income preschoolers attending Head Start found that certain numerical board games increased early math learning. Board games with consecutively numbered, linearly arranged ...

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

Karen McLean didn’t want her twins to fall behind in kindergarten. “Kindergarten is not like it used to be,” said McLean, who is a literacy coach for New Albany-Floyd County Schools. "It's not ...

SPOKANE, Wash.– Spokane Public Schools now has more opportunities to help young kids grow. The school district has nearly doubled its preschool classrooms this year from having around 330 slots in the ...

Video games are good for your 3-year-old. Or so claim several companies hawking new electronic games for preschoolers this season, despite critics’ contention that tots need to spend more time on ...

When you enter a new classroom at the Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District, it looks like any preschool classroom ...