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

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

In Kristy Orem's class a pair of boys are playing with plastic cups, building a fort. Another couple is playing with toy cars ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you were to shadow a family child care educator for a day, you might join a group of young children on an outdoor scavenger ...

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 ...

A new study from LEGO® Education shows that teachers believe learning through play is more effective than traditional methods, and students say they want more of it in the classroom. LEGO Education is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...