Baby’s eyes peer into everyone and everything to search for reactions, expressions, shapes, and textures. Their little hands and legs want to hold, touch, and kick things, and their brains are forming ...

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 ...

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 ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to more accurately describe how Mansfield Elementary’s test scores compare to those of other schools in Connecticut. When the doors to Mansfield Elementary ...

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 ...

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — The Tumwater School District has implemented mandatory play-based learning across all kindergarten classrooms, requiring one hour of daily free play while maintaining ...

QUIT SINCE THE START OF THE SHUTDOWN. NEW AT NOON, A BILL REQUIRING IOWA PRESCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS TO ADD PLAY BASED LEARNING TO THEIR CURRICULUM IS ADVANCING IN THE IOWA STATE HOUSE. IT WOULD ...

In May of this year (2024), a colleague and I traveled with a group of 15 American college students to Tokyo, Japan. The trip was part of an honors course on play across cultures. Before leaving, the ...