A few weeks ago I (Jo Boaler) was working in my Stanford office when the silence of the room was interrupted by a phone call. A mother called me to report that her 5-year-old daughter had come home ...

Nearly all kids learn how to count using their fingers. But as kids grow older and math problems become more advanced, the act of counting on fingers is often discouraged or seen as a less intelligent ...

Preschool teachers have different views on finger counting. Some teachers consider finger counting use in children to signal that they are struggling with math, while others associate its use as ...

In this video I show you how to play Fast Fingers, a simple math fact fluency game you can use from kindergarten through ...

Finger-counting is a key "stepping stone" to higher math ability for youngsters, say scientists. Children who count on their fingers between the ages of four- and six-and-a-half years old have better ...

Combining math with art is a fun and simple way to play number games for preschoolers and kindergartners. Follow these easy steps to make your own finger paint. Then join your preschooler or ...

Newswise — WASHINGTON – Children who count on their fingers between ages 4 and 6 1/2 have better addition skills by age 7 than those who don’t use their fingers, suggesting that finger counting is an ...

Ask toddlers how old they are, and they are likely to hold up the corresponding number of fingers and say, "this many." By the time children begin walking and talking, they're accustomed to using ...

In a new paper, Stanford professor Jo Boaler argues that math teachers should use more visual approaches in their classrooms, including encouraging students to use their fingers to count and represent ...

Summary: A new study shows that teaching finger counting strategies to kindergarteners who don’t naturally use them can significantly improve their addition skills, potentially reducing inequity in ...

Schoolkids who used finger tracing fared better with previously unseen geometry and algebra questions, new research has found. Studies involving 275 Sydney school children aged between nine and 13 ...

Preschool teachers have different views on finger counting. Some teachers consider finger counting use in children to signal that they are struggling with math, while others associate its use as ...