When kids play together, their word feels more alive. Meaningful conversations happen. Games are created and change as they go.

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Our baby and kids gear team rounded up the best toys for toddlers, including pretend play toys, active toys, educational toys ...

What happens if you stop teaching young children through direct instruction and instead set up purposeful opportunities to play? They could learn just as much when it comes to literacy, numeracy and ...

Loveland kids were off from school Friday, but had no shortage of activities to do and places to be. Friday was Children’s Day in downtown Loveland, an annual event hosted by the city and Thompson ...

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 ...

Studycat’s French program is built around a step-by-step learning flow the company describes as “Hear it, Learn it, Say it, Use it,” pairing immersion-style audio with interactive challenges. The ...

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 ...

We all want to raise smart, successful kids, so it's tempting to play Mozart for our babies and run math drills for kindergartners. After all, we need to give them a head start while they're still ...