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Experts urge play-based learning as early math trends shift

Educators and researchers are highlighting the growing role of play-based learning, intentional technology use, and social-emotional development in early childhood education, with new trends emerging ...
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 ...
NPR Illinois

Westminster Coop Preschool's Meleah Berkowitz on play-based learning

"There's lots of different ways to teach children. And one of the ways that we really believe in is called a play-based ...
Education Week

Play-Based Learning Yields More Joy, Higher Scores at This Elementary School

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 ...
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Why play-based learning works wonders for kids

Play-based learning blends joy and purpose, giving children the freedom to explore while meeting developmental and academic goals. By creating intentional environments, guiding exploration, and ...
The Gazette

Bring play back into early childhood education

I have been fortunate in my almost 20 years as an early childhood educator to have taught in a variety of settings: childcare, preschool, K-5 classrooms, summer school, and children’s tutoring ...
KCCI Des Moines

Iowa lawmakers to consider bill requiring play-based learning at school

QUIT SINCE THE START OF THE SHUTDOWN. NEW AT NOON, A BILL REQUIRING IOWA PRESCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS TO ADD PLAY BASED LEARNING TO THEIR CURRICULUM IS ADVANCING IN THE IOWA STATE HOUSE. IT WOULD ...
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 ...
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State bill would mandate play-based learning for youngest students

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - A bill to require instruction based in play has passed the Iowa House unanimously. House File 2652 would require 90 minutes of play-based instruction for half-day preschool, ...
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 ...
KCCI Des Moines

Lawmakers consider requiring more play-based learning for Iowa's youngest students

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 ...