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 ...

Teaching younger children through 'guided' play can support key aspects of their learning and development at least as well, and sometimes better, than traditional, direct instruction, according to a ...

As a mother of a 15-month-old, a graduate faculty member, and a trauma-informed clinician, I understand how powerful play can be in shaping a child’s understanding of themselves and the world around ...

Lafayette early childhood teachers are engaging students as young as infants, holding eye contact, modeling vocabulary as they speak and teaching through play. This is how they are getting students ...

What does your business do? “What we do is we create a warm, welcoming, joyful environment for little kids. We believe they should grow through interactive play. The idea is for them to learn ...

EdSource · Trump's cuts to Hispanic-Serving Institutions hit community college student programs hard When it comes to early childhood education, child’s play may well be serious business. Fun and ...

Children enrolled in the Learning and Belonging Preschool at the University of Montana spend four days a week playing, exploring and growing in vibrant classrooms stocked with just about everything a ...

Her childhood imagination became one of her biggest assets – though Cindy Binns couldn’t know it at the time. “I was the youngest of three girls and a loner as a child,” recalled Binns. “Playing in ...

Many children who have known little other than a pandemic world are struggling to socialize and share and sit still. They’re shy or uncomfortable or fussy in playgroups and classroom activities. They ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Two third-graders sat on the floor of their classroom and lined up a row of dominoes along the edge of a low-lying table. They positioned themselves at each end of the row of ...