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A repeating pattern gives children a small rule they can discover, copy, and change. With two colors of blocks, a child might make red–blue–...

Rhyming is a listening game before it is a reading task. A child can hear that cat and hat end alike without knowing how either word is sp...

A read-aloud works best when a child gets to do more than sit still and listen. A few pauses to notice a picture, explain a word, or predict...

  Weather is happening right outside your window every day, which makes it one of the easiest science topics to explore with young ch...

STEM projects, activities that combine science, technology, engineering, and math, offer a hands-on way for elementary-age children to p...

Math is everywhere in daily life, in the kitchen, at the grocery store, during bath time. You don't need dedicated lesson time to bu...

Addition and subtraction can feel abstract to young children when introduced only through numbers and symbols. Using visuals, real objec...