As pressure to raise scores on standardized tests has trickled down to the lower grades, kindergarten and even pre-kindergarten classrooms have focused more on academic skills. But debating whether a ...

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — The Tumwater School District has implemented mandatory play-based learning across all kindergarten ...

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 ...

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 ...

A bill that aims to offer more mental health services, provide protections for libraries and require schools to offer play-based learning for young kids has is headed to Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk for ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2025 / PRZen / A new series of printable bingo card sets for first-grade science is now available online.

In Chicago, and across the country, school has become increasingly competitive. Preschoolers are sometimes expected to know their letters, numbers, even sight words, before they’ve truly had time to ...

MANILA, Philippines — RePlay (Reinventing Play), an organization of thought leaders and experts on play-based learning, is ...

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