K-2 Primary

Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in elementary school grades K-2.

Family Engagement
Parent Workshops: Strengthening the Learning Community
During in-school workshops, parents learn what their kids are studying and how to support it at home.
Interest-Based Learning
Explorations: Making Curiosity Part of the Curriculum
Student-designed electives put kids' passions at the forefront of their learning.
Collaborative Learning
Learning on Their Feet
Vertical learning—a framework for high quality group work—showcases student thinking for everyone to see.
Design Thinking
Design Thinking: A Problem Solving Framework
Students learn to empathize with others around the globe while solving real-world problems.
Family Engagement
Making the Most of Parents’ Time at School
Using family engagement events to target learning goals is a path to increasing students’ academic success.
Education Equity
Increasing Gender Equity in Elementary School
Seeking to bring more girls into STEM classes, educators examined their students’ and their own attitudes about gender.
Classroom Technology
Student-Created Videos in the Classroom
Making videos allows students to demonstrate their learning in an engaging way.
Literacy
Reading Buddies
Pairing older elementary students with younger ones for community reading time has benefits for both groups.
Brain-Based Learning
When the Social Brain Misfires
Sometimes our powerful urge to belong can hurt us. We look at how stereotypes undermine learning.
The Research Is In
Are We Doing Recess Right? A New Tool Can Help
An analysis of nearly 500 playgrounds finds that recess can be optimized to build social skills and relationships.