With new literacy curriculum, 91% of kindergarten students performed at or above grade level at the end of the 2024-25 school ...

Kindergarten focuses on easing children from a variety of educational backgrounds — or none at all — into formal schooling. In contrast, first grade concentrates on moving students from pre-reading ...

Do you want to know if your first-grade child or student is on track for learning to read? Find out with a close look at the child's writing.

Keep your soon-to-be or leaving 1st (first) graders, ages 6 and 7, practicing their growing reading skills with the best 1st grade books for summer reading.

What’s the best way to teach reading to beginners in preschool, kindergarten, first grade, or home school and how can we do it better? Both research and practice are offering a novel idea: teach ...

First graders step firmly into the academic world, with expectations in reading, writing, math and other subjects.

Parents often worry whether their children are reaching educational milestones when they should. Here are some guidelines to help you know what kids should learn and when.

Under the new standards, students are getting regular practice with complex and grade-level appropriate texts, using more informational texts, and practicing more evidence-based writing.

A first grade teacher on TikTok is going viral with a hilariously adorable video showcasing how she teaches her young students about descriptive writing.

Question sparked debate and confusion, with one user stating they were "honestly shocked" this was being asked of a first-grader.

The sassy note a child left on his math homework has left the internet in stitches. Alex Helms from Charlotte, North Carolina, (u/pantherfanalex) shared his 6-year-old son's first-grade homework ...