CANTON – Seven-year-old CJ Anderson wanted to take swim lessons but was nervous. His dad, Cortney Anderson, said the youngster loves water but fears it. Five weeks ago, the first grader at Frazer ...

Read a fairytale, learn about story sequence, and do a quick math problem! Literacy lessons for 1st graders taught by Colorado master teacher Christina Gillette Randle. In response to school closures ...

In a first-grade classroom at Creek View Elementary School, Linda Ngo turns learning into an experience. Desks can turn into campsites, math lessons are done around a paper campfire, and students can ...

To find talented children who historically have been overlooked in gifted education, Wheeler Elementary educators are learning to see their students in a new way. Early one morning this fall, 3rd ...

SAN JOSE, California -- A group of first graders from Bachrodt Charter Academy took a field trip Wednesday afternoon where they learned how to skate from Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi. "Some of ...

Michael Winerip of the New York Times has assembled 25 things about first-graders in this piece, which notes that “among the many horrors associated with the killing of 20 children at Sandy Hook ...

There is arguably no job more important to a 1st grader than that of line leader. The coveted job—whether formally assigned or not—ensures a first-place spot in the line. For many early-elementary ...

Q: I have a 6½ -year-old first-grade boy in the first few weeks of virtual school. How can I help him with listening and following directions? The teacher will release them with an assignment, and he ...