Madison Munoz, 3 years old, works on her painting project, Monday November 26, 2012, at the Sunset Co-op Nursery School in the outer sunset district of San Francisco, Calif.

Potions were brewing and new ideas were bubbling around The Goddard School’s second annual science fair on Thursday, January 28. The children were encouraged through the science fair to explore ...

WASHINGTON — Science and engineering education needs to be prioritized from preschool through fifth grade, and state policymakers should ensure these subjects are taught comprehensively, frequently, ...

Grown-ups—including teachers—tend to underestimate preschoolers’ capacity to learn scientific principles as well as the length of time they’ll spend exploring such ideas, the National ...