Early childhood educators need more training in how to teach math. Even more important is helping families integrate simple ...

Teaching preschoolers to actually count numbers—not just recite them—will better prepare them for success in math once they start school, new research from the University of Missouri suggests.

A Wesleyan University psychology professor and her students are finding out that preschool children are more than ready to learn math, as long as it’s fun. Professor Anna Shusterman, who studies ...

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 Purdue University Northwest faculty member is studying how preschoolers best learn to count and related numerical concepts. The early research of assistant professor of psychology Lori Petersen ...

A study conducted with low-income preschoolers attending Head Start found that certain numerical board games increased early math learning. Board games with consecutively numbered, linearly arranged ...

Knowing the words for numbers is not necessary to be able to count, according to new research. The study of the aboriginal children -- from two communities which do not have words or gestures for ...

It’s halfway through the school day for Sofia Lucero, Lilhyann Ortiz and Anai Orona, and that means it’s time for snacks and recess. The 4-year-olds gobble down colorful fruit snacks at a picnic table ...