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Building Blocks™
Preparing Young Children for School

Building Blocks had positive effects on mathematics achievement.
Building Blocks is a mathematics curriculum that aims to develop preschool children’s knowledge of mathematics following early mathematics learning trajectories. The Building Blocks curriculum includes whole-group and small-group instruction, center activities, and computer activities, as well as activities for the children’s families to do at home to support classroom learning. The activities are intentionally sequenced based on the developmental progression of children’s mathematical learning.

Findings

3
studies that met standards out of
6
eligible studies reviewed
Outcome
domain
Effectiveness Rating Grades Evidence Tier
Mathematics Potentially positive effects PK Tier2

Last Updated: December 2023

Race

Asian
2%
Black
56%
Native American
1%
White
17%
Other or unknown
24%

Ethnicity

Hispanic
20%
Other or unknown
80%

Gender

Male: 48%
Female: 52%

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85%

English Learners

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14%
Note: This summary only includes data from studies that reported sample information. The Intervention Report may include evidence from other studies that met standards, but did not report sample information.


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This intervention report was prepared for the WWC by Instructional Research Group under contract 91990020F325 (GRAPE T4).

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