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But there's a real lack of math learning in pre-K. In one study, in fact, just 58 seconds out of a five-hour preschool day was spent on math activities.
Research now shows that kids who don't have a fun but strategic experience with math in preschool, before kindergarten, are far less likely to succeed academically, let alone enter STEM fields.
New data from 2.5M students shows boys and girls start out equal in math. So why does a gender gap emerge just months after ...
Preschool teachers, on average, earn 60 percent of the salaries of kindergarten teachers. Turnover in the field is high. All those issues have led to a sense among some that the workforce isn’t ...
Overall, the average preschool enrollment in countries that take part in PISA rose from 54 percent in 2005 to 69 percent in 2015 for 3-year-olds, and from 73 percent to 85 percent for 4-year-olds.
Preschool math should be taught purposefully. Teaching math in preschool does not mean sitting kids at desks and drilling them on math facts, but singing a few counting songs about monkeys on beds isn ...
CHICAGO—Scores of preschool and kindergarten teachers across the city are embedding math concepts into daily classroom activities, in a promising new program that gives students a foundation for ...
While many studies have been conducted on infants' and preschoolers' math competencies, few have evaluated how toddlers' basic mathematics knowledge relates to early elementary school success. Now ...
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 ...
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 ...