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 ...

But many children in California enter kindergarten behind in math, partly because many preschool teachers and parents feel insecure about their own math skills. Pairing math games with children’s ...

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Teaching preschool children simple math-related vocabulary and concepts, such as "more," "a lot," "some" and "fewer," improves their mathematical skills, according to a new a ...

Such investments may reap gains in reading, too. A groundbreaking study in 2007, done by Northwestern University professor Greg Duncan and others, found that math skills in kindergarten predict ...

One of the math ambassadors’ games for preschoolers, developed by Wesleyan University professor Anna Shusterman. “So the idea is that none of it should be boring,” Shusterman said.

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 (“one,” “two,” “three ...

Activities like counting and playing games can go a long way in exposing young children to basic math concepts, writes Bryan Street, math coach at South Shore PK-8 School in Seattle.

Positive Parenting: Preschool math skills predict success? ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Many parents send their young children to preschool to help them gain social skills and prepare them ...