When learning starts to feel like play, education stops preparing kids for the future and begins letting them ...

Ruth Lue-Quee is a mum, education consultant and former deputy headteacher. Known to her 68,000 Instagram followers as ...

These strategies help teachers set up engaging and enriching opportunities for literacy exploration throughout the day.

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 ...

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 ...

Toys from Playskool make learning feel natural by encouraging curiosity, cooperation, and problem-solving through play. Watching kids help each other, stay focused, and work as a team shows why ...

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a 4-year-old can ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since 2013, the World Bank Group has increased sixfold its investments in Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Europe and Central Asia, from $50 million to $314 million, covering 12 countries. In ...