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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The College of Wooster Preschool, formerly called the COW Nursery School, will continue its 76-year history with its emphasis on ...

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 ...

Baby’s eyes peer into everyone and everything to search for reactions, expressions, shapes, and textures. Their little hands and legs want to hold, touch, and kick things, and their brains are forming ...

A new study from LEGO® Education shows that teachers believe learning through play is more effective than traditional methods, and students say they want more of it in the classroom. LEGO Education is ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. For six weeks, Melinda Martinez-Epperson’s ...

The 3- and 4-year-old students in Phil Wrigley's nursery classroom at the British International School of Chicago, South Loop were on the hunt to find items starting with the S sound that were ...

As a play researcher, I applaud the state legislature for mandating play-based learning in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school classrooms. Play has a powerful effect on development and ...

There are familiar sounds that echo across every childhood — the thud of a ball on dusty grounds, the laughter of children racing through narrow lanes, the rhythm of skipping ropes, marbles, songs and ...