Beads and blocks are replacing work sheets for first graders learning math basics at Bayfield Early Primary School. First grader Alex Larson, son of Kami and Mike Larson, demonstrated his skills for ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Ben is right, but it's hard to explain in just a tweet.) College math instructor here. My thought: make sure that both baskets have the same number of fruit. You could do this by adding 3 oranges and ...

Matthew Norris entered his first grade class into a national online math competition to motivate his students and help them learn. He didn’t think they would beat 20,000 classrooms around the country ...

When Bill Horkan, a talented teacher I know, thinks about the national debate over how to improve math instruction, he imagines getting students ready for algebra as early as first grade. “Some people ...

First- through third-grade students in the Fort Worth Independent School District saw slight improvements in math testing from last school year, but they’re still trailing behind their peers across ...