Stacey Canova and Carly Saal, close friends and fellow teachers, have taught first graders at Haledon Public School for more ...

A student reads a book during "center time" in Heather Miller’s classroom. For two hours a day, Miller works with small groups of students to build math and reading skills. AUSTIN, Texas – Most years, ...

A class of Normandy Elementary School first-graders learn more than academics from their teacher, Dee Dunstan. These students learn that giving really is better than receiving.

Many first-graders are in a classroom for the first time and don't understand the routines. The result is often chaotic, but also normal for children this age, says a professor of early childhood ...

This fall, educators are adjusting their lesson plans to make more time for social and emotional skills, after last year's pandemic-related closures kept many kindergartners at home. Five-year-old ...

The first thing students did in Carrie Collins’ first-grade class at Conley Elementary School in Chandler was wash their hands, standing six feet apart in line at the sink. It was the first day of ...

Thomasville National Bank (TNB) employees Melvin Hugans and Charity Lutes recently visited with Garrison Pilcher, first-grade ...

Nov. 3—Jonah Martin loved his school-grown lettuce so much he asked for seconds and more ranch dressing. "It tastes good," said the 6-year-old. He was in one of the first-grade classes at James Cowart ...

Writing letters to Santa Claus may not be the oldest Christmas tradition observed around the world – but it’s one that most ...

Watching your kids grow up can be difficult. After all, you’ve been there since day one — they will always be your babies. You want them to grow, learn, and evolve, but that doesn't make it less ...

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 ...