On a recent morning in South Seattle, Kristin Alfonzo challenged her preschoolers to make the number 7 using beads strung across two rows of pipe cleaners. One 5-year-old boy slid four beads across ...

Growing STEMs is a preschool enrichment program that uses outdoor games, hands-on activities, and imaginative play to ...

ARLINGTON, VA, January 3, 2012 – Expanding its PBS KIDS Lab site, which offers more than 50 cross-platform games designed to help children ages 2-8 build critical math skills, PBS today announced new ...

Despite research showing the crucial importance of math at a preschool level for future academic success, preschool programs face significant obstacles in implementing an effective math program, ...

A large body of research evidence suggests that strong math skills in young children are a powerful predictor of future academic success. But early-childhood educators—the professionals who are ...

Longmont’s Ed and Ruth Lehman YMCA celebrated the launch of their new preschool program Tuesday when staff opened the doors to a new STEM lab where students will learn about science, technology, ...

The findings are from a meta-analysis, or systematic review, of 18 studies looking at number board games and early math skills in children preschool through second grade. “We selected this topic ...

It’s not often parents witness their children racking their brains on a mathematics problem over the summer — especially in Cynthia Brooks’ case. “It’s pretty hard to keep them engaged,” the Manheim ...