A dad in Virginia ended up turning to social media for help after becoming confused by a first-grade math problem. Math seems to be a problem for many young Americans. In 2022, the Programme for ...

Your child can build an understanding of addition, subtraction, and the other math concepts they are learning in first grade by playing with everyday objects. Use items that your child enjoys playing ...

First grade teachers can find out who is on track with math and who is lagging, using an accurate diagnostic test that they can administer in the classroom. After Covid-19 school reopening, or during ...

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

Growing up, Springfield teacher Katie Baker didn't immediately know she was good at math. She had no idea it would become her passion. She recalled seeing patterns, solving equations and memorizing ...

You’re reading Back of the Envelope, an experiment that aims to bring shorter, quicker content to FiveThirtyEight. The study tapped into research following 7,507 children nationwide from kindergarten ...

Parents who fear their child will not thrive in first grade because they skipped kindergarten during the pandemic or because they struggled too much with remote learning should reach out to their ...

Author Robert Fulghum famously wrote, “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.” But the pandemic meant that many students missed that pivotal school year or experienced a more disrupted ...