ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent morning, the children used plastic red and yellow dots for ...

Here are some things that parents can do to help kindergarteners learn: Encourage exploration. Education experts say that everyday activities can be major opportunities for kindergarten-age children ...

By age 5, children should begin learning about symbols in math — both the actual numerals and the symbols for addition, subtraction and equality. “Kids can actually learn a decent amount from abstract ...

In kindergarten, some children already have a sense of what math means and how it functions while others lack a basic understanding of numbers.

New research shows that learning more advanced content in kindergarten, such as simple addition and subtraction, not just counting, makes for bigger gains in mathematics later on.

Poor students kept their gains at least through 4th grade, according to reading and math results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, but the gaps did not continue to close after ...

Each of these skills is critical to understanding math, just like grasping the connection between letters and the sounds they represent is a must-have skill for fluent reading. A student in Melissa ...