San Diego Union-Tribune

The First-grade Learning Experience at Del Mar Pines School

First graders step out of the early childhood phase of life and into a classroom with less emphasis on group play and more focus on learning through reading and listening. At this age, children want ...
Yahoo

First graders learning through writing to pen pals

OAKVILLE, Mo. – First grade students at Rogers Elementary School have been focusing their lessons on writing skills, increasing their vocabulary, and strengthening their grammar over several months ...
The Durango Herald

First graders learn basic math with beads and blocks

Beads and blocks are replacing work sheets for first graders learning math basics at Bayfield Early Primary School. First grader Alex Larson, son of Kami and Mike Larson, demonstrated his skills for ...

St. Louis first-graders experience space mission simulation

First-grade students from the Ferguson-Florissant School District participated in a space mission simulation today at the Challenger Learning Center. The program, located in Ferguson, uses ...
Morningstar

Johns Hopkins Study: Ignite Reading Sparks Dramatic Increase in First-Grade Literacy, Highlighting Importance of Early Intervention to Learning to Read On Time

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ignite Reading, a Science of Reading-based early literacy intervention program that has provided more than 62 million minutes of personalized instruction ...
EurekAlert!

First graders who use more educational media spend more time reading

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An estimated 12% of first graders’ most-used media at home is educational, a new study suggests. Results also showed that higher use of educational media was associated with both more ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

First graders learning through writing to pen pals

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OAKVILLE, Mo. – First grade students at ...