Connecticut teachers want you to know that “play-based learning” is not an oxymoron. For years child development and education experts have praised the benefits of play-based learning — a pedagogy ...

When it comes to early childhood education, child’s play may well be serious business. Fun and games bring more than just joy. They may be the key to helping children thrive in tough times, experts ...

When we constantly steer playtime, we may actually be getting in the way of the very skills we’re trying to build.

A third grade student sets the last domino down in a row along the edge of a table while playing in Crystal O’Brien’s classroom at Shidler Elementary School in Oklahoma City. Credit: Ariel ...

EdSource · Sexual abuse claims threaten school district budgets, even when not accused When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and ...

Play should not be viewed as antithetical to learning; rather, it forms its very foundation.

On a recent afternoon in June, a line of kids between the ages of 5 and 13 snaked back from the door at the edge of classroom at St. Anthony's Catholic School in East Oakland, California. Some jumped ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Six years ago, Lisa Forbes wasn’t sure how much longer she’d be able to stick it out as a ...

Children learn more through ‘guided play’ than from teacher-led instruction, according to a new study by experts at Cambridge University. A play-focused approach to learning, where children are ...

Learning can be an exciting journey filled with creativity. Minecraft Education proves just that – combining education and play to create fun ways for children to learn and feel involved in the ...

Monterey Adult School's Play and Learn program offers parenting strategies and early childhood development education for families, including an ESL component. Monterey Adult School's Play and Learn ...