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 ...

Yet there is clear evidence that adults benefit from playfulness just as children do. Research shows that adults who engage ...

On a recent afternoon in June, a line of kids between the ages of 5 and 13 snaked back from the door at the edge of classroom at St. Anthony's Catholic School in East Oakland, California. Some jumped ...

Neuroscientists, educators and psychologists like Kathy Hirsh-Pasek know that play is as an essential ingredient in the lives of adults as well as children. A weighty and growing body of ...

If science education were more firmly integrated into early education, children from different backgrounds would be even more equal in adopting a scientific way of thinking, which would in turn ...

Remember when play was your full-time job as a kid? Somewhere along the way, many of us traded playfulness for productivity. Research now shows that regular play isn’t just for children – it’s ...

Climbing trees, making mud pies, or simply playing outside, parents and educators know that being in nature is an important part of every childhood. But when it comes to messy or risky play, it's a ...