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 ...

Ontario’s revised kindergarten program asks teachers to use both explicit literacy instruction and play-based learning.

Pilot program coming to 7 schools in the fall: What to know ...

Play is one of the most important parts of early childhood education in Australia. We know children learn about the world through play and it helps them build creativity and independence. There is ...

The state is among a handful to officially adopt such a definition, delineating both guided play and student-initiated play ...

One of my earliest posts here concerned the definition of play, which I developed further in an article on “Definitions of Play” for Scholarpedia (Gray, 2013) and in my book Free to Learn. I first ...

Every government school in the district will begin the new academic year with one hour of play from June 15 ...

As the world marks International Day of Play on June 11th, Ghana is reaffirming a simple but important message: play is not separate from learning- for young children, play is learning. The Government ...