What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...
Children hammered fern leaves to make chlorophyll impressions on T-shirts while learning about photosynthesis and plant cells at the Ultimate Science Street Fair in New York recently. That was one of ...
The number of preschools pursuing learning through nature play is growing fast worldwide. However, the effectiveness and impacts of this approach is largely untested, and we recently completed the ...
If you want to do right by your kids, you should probably do these things. There comes a time in some people’s lives when their aspirations for their children begin to rival or even exceed their ...
Four big ideas guide this report’s perspective on learning: (1) learning is a social and cultural process; (2) learning is a process of identity development; (3) children move through a range of ...
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It’s that time of the year when you’re making your list, checking it twice, for gifts that spark a love of science for the kids in your life. Ira talks with Mahnaz Dar, young readers’ editor at Kirkus ...
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