Pediatric Therapy Expert Wendy Jarvis of Springdale, AR Explains How Play Based Pediatric Therapy Encourages Growth for HelloNation

How can play become a tool for building motor coordination, sensory processing, and speech development in children? That is ...
Hartford Courant

Play-based learning is now a law in CT. What that means for kids, parents and educators.

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 ...
Education Week

Play-Based Learning in Kindergarten Is Making a Comeback. Here’s What It Means

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 ...
Education BusinessOpinion

Why children need more time to play

The Raising the Nation Play Commission’s final report calls for a cultural shift to put play back at the heart of childhood ...
India Education Diary on MSN

Podar Education Network opens Podar Prep in Hyderabad introducing a holistic, innovative play-based approach to early brain development and learning

Launch marked by a parent-focused workshop on "Screen and Scream Parenting" led by Dr. Swati Popat Vats, President of Podar Education Network. Hyderabad : India's leading ...
EdSource

Inside transitional kindergarten: Where play, curiosity and early learning meet

When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more trauma and fear than a 4-year-old can cope with. Going to school in California was a big challenge ...
The Hechinger Report

In elementary classrooms, demand grows for play-based learning

A third grade student sets the last domino down in a row along the edge of a table while playing in Crystal O’Brien’s classroom at Shidler Elementary School in Oklahoma City. Credit: Ariel ...
Dhaka Tribune

Speakers at Brac event stress play-based learning as key to children’s development

BRAC Education Programme organized an information and experience-sharing event on play-based learning, inclusive education, ...
The Business Standard

Addressing gaps in early learning, BRAC advocates play-based education

The information and experience-sharing session at the BRAC Centre brought together policymakers, educators, researchers, donor agencies, and media representatives ...
eSchool News

Learning Through Play Is Powerful – and Students and Teachers Agree!

BILLUND, Denmark — To celebrate the second annual World Play Day, LEGO® Education is inspiring teachers to experience purposeful play firsthand by giving students and teachers Permission to Play. Play ...
KING5

'Play-based' learning mandatory for Tumwater kindergartners

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 ...
International Rescue Committee

Learning through Play in Complex Emergency Contexts

Global trends of increased forced displacement, both internal and across borders, persist in the East Africa region. Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda collectively hosted over 3 million refugees and ...