The greatest human invention of the past thousand years is not the steam engine, the light bulb, or the computer. It’s kindergarten, says Mitchel Resnick, a professor of learning research at the ...
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 ...
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The 3- and 4-year-old students in Phil Wrigley’s nursery classroom at the British International School of Chicago, South Loop were on the hunt to find items starting with the S sound that were ...
A new survey of K-8 teachers and students from LEGO Education found that nearly all (98 percent) of students say purposeful play helps them learn and the majority (96 percent) of teachers believe it’s ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Turn on your TV and surf the stuff meant for kids. I dare you. You'll likely find a surfeit of fast action and fart jokes. And that's what makes Esme & Roy so unusual. The new show, about an unlikely ...