An ecological approach to learning uses outdoor play, storytelling, and shared experience to help children develop a kinship worldview—a deep recognition that living and nonliving parts of the Earth ...

Education systems across parts of Ethiopia are actively strengthening children’s learning, even amid environmental stress, conflict, displacement, and resource constraints. As access to schooling ...

Leon County Schools is using a play-based learning model to teach social and emotional skills to preschoolers. Public pre-K enrollment has declined in Leon County and across Florida since the COVID-19 ...

Play-based learning isn’t just fun—it’s a powerful, research-backed approach that fuels children’s cognitive, social, and emotional growth. By blending structured goals with open-ended exploration, ...

Golisano Children's Museum of Naples is launching Discovery School, a new early learning center for Pre K3 and Pre K4 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to more accurately describe how Mansfield Elementary’s test scores compare to those of other schools in Connecticut. When the doors to Mansfield Elementary ...

CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. — Cabarrus County Schools is rolling out a new district‑wide strategy to boost kindergarten learning — play‑based instruction. Every kindergarten classroom in the district is now ...

IS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. A BILL AT THE STATEHOUSE COULD CHANGE WHAT THE SCHOOL DAY LOOKS LIKE FOR IOWA’S YOUNGEST STUDENTS. IT WOULD REQUIRE TIME FOR PLAY BASED ...