Local educator Kiana Jones founded the Jones’s Jewels Learning Center with the belief that early education shapes confidence and character. Kiana stopped by to share how learning can be fun, engaging ...

A Connecticut school district is shifting to a new approach to learning for young students that looks similar to what previous generations may remember. Windsor Public Schools is bringing to its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new survey of K-8 teachers and students from LEGO Education found that nearly all (98 percent) of students say purposeful play helps them learn and the majority (96 percent) of teachers believe it’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield, Ill. Illinois lawmakers recently passed a bill to establish a state-run direct ...

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 ...

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, ...

Across Canada, every province and territory agrees: outdoor and land-based play belongs at the heart of children’s early learning. Curriculum frameworks affirm in varied ways that outdoor environments ...

Enid, 30, and Izidoro, 33, are teachers at Itambabiniga Primary School in Kyaka Settlement in Kyegegwa District of Uganda. The school hosts almost 3,000 children, many of whom are refugees from the ...