Hechinger’s early childhood reporter shares articles on finding a preschool, boosting math skills and other tips for parents ...

Counting on fingers in primary school is not a sign of weakness but an important tool for learning mathematics, according to a long-term study by researchers in Switzerland published in Developmental ...

Encouraging positive social interactions for the children born during the peak of the pandemic is the focus in most ...

West Mercer kindergarten teachers Michele Frisch, Tara Hutschreider and Claire Phillips developed a unit for students that ...

Math can be made more meaningful in kindergarten when teachers set up activities that tap into the excitement of the fall season—pumpkins, leaves, weather changes, and familiar traditions. These ...

Millions of children will grab lunchboxes, backpacks and rolling bags and head to their first day of kindergarten this year. Some will go for a half day and some for a full. Some will attend private ...

Several weeks before the official start of the coming school year, 18 kindergartners-to-be wearing big-kid backpacks filed into Maria Surface’s snug, sunny classroom at Beaverton’s Vose Elementary ...