Playful Learning Landscapes, an organization founded in Philadelphia, hopes the city can be a leader in incorporating play ...

Connecticut’s recent legislation supporting play-based learning in pre-K and elementary classrooms embraces a transformative approach long supported by child development experts: learning through play ...

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 ...

Colorful trees come to life as a group of kindergartners glue bits of tissue and construction paper onto a drawing of a trunk. They’re engaged in play — but, in this Northwestern University Center for ...

In Chicago, and across the country, school has become increasingly competitive. Preschoolers are sometimes expected to know their letters, numbers, even sight words, before they’ve truly had time to ...

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 ...

More than one million children globally have used the LEGO MRI Scanner in hospitals to help them prepare for MRI scans through play-based learning. 96% of healthcare professionals say the model helps ...

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) — One Dorchester County kindergarten teacher is looking to provide her students with more play-based learning materials to make education fun. Page Ham is teaches 4K in ...

Enid, 30, and Izidoro, 33, are teachers at Itambabiniga Primary School in Kyaka Settlement in Kyegegwa District of Uganda. The school hosts almost 3,000 children, many of whom are refugees from the ...

If you want to improve your aerobic capacity, play full-court basketball, not softball. To improve your analytical skills, learn to play chess or bridge, not Chutes and Ladders. If you really want to ...

Locally-owned by Kassie Johnson, the center will use play-based learning along with a curriculum to help prepare children for school.