Spatial reasoning connects math to the physical world and includes skills like reading maps, understanding symmetry and building 3D objects. Research indicates that spatial reasoning skills correlate ...

When we read maps, pack the car for holidays, assemble flat-pack furniture or cut cake into equal slices, we use spatial reasoning skills. These allow us to mentally manipulate objects or think in a ...

When parents describe the size and shape of objects to their preschool children and the kids then use those words in their day-to-day interactions, the children later perform much better on spatial ...

New longitudinal research from Finland has found that children's early spatial skills and knowledge of written letters, rather than oral language skills, predict competence in math. The study included ...

Play time is lots of fun for your young child, but it could also be an opportunity to improve their math skills. Jessica Sanchez has more on a study that looks at how parents can build up their ...

Kym Simoncini is part of the Early Learning STEM Australia project funded by the Australian Government. Tracy Logan works for the University of Canberra and is part of the Early Learning STEM ...