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 ...

That joyfulness can extend even to the more mundane lessons, like learning new vocabulary, which historically has involved ...

As a play researcher, I applaud the state legislature for mandating play-based learning in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school classrooms. Play has a powerful effect on development and ...

Since a law passed in 2018 requiring New Hampshire schools to use play-based learning in kindergarten, many districts have struggled to define and implement the practice. An initiative from the ...

Parents visiting their children’s kindergarten class for the first time may think they’ve arrived at the wrong room, especially if they expect it to resemble the kindergarten they attended as ...

Play is often viewed as the natural language of childhood. But beyond simply being fun, play is a vital component of early learning. Play-based learning is an educational approach that leverages play ...

Game-based learning takes advantage of the natural interest of play to attain certain learning goals. It turns basic academic and cognitive skills ...

Katy Meeuwissen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a 4-year-old can cope with. Going to school in California was a big challenge ...

Ontario released its new curriculum for kindergarten in the province on Thursday, but the shift away from “play-based” ...