Silas McLellan, a kindergartner in a play-based learning class, plays with toy blocks during Choice Time at Symonds ...

On one wall, there’s a tank that houses two snakes — affectionately named Hot Chocolate and Ice Cream. This is San Luis ...

Co-director of the poll, Sarah Clark, M.P.H., told Newsweek that finding small pockets of time for play can make a big ...

Preschool teacher-tested strategies for turning outdoor play into adventurous social and emotional lessons—no matter the ...

Full-day kindergarten has become more academically rigorous to prepare students for first grade. But more districts across the country are trying to enhance learning and social skills by integrating ...

GOSHEN — Eighth Street Mennonite Preschool celebrated the outdoors, springtime and the end of the school year and an era Wednesday morning by simply playing outside. “You forget how easy it is to just ...

After years of gradual expansion, California is making transitional kindergarten available for all 4-year-olds this fall. An additional grade before kindergarten, transitional kindergarten is meant to ...

New research published in Acta Paediatrica suggests that children who engage in outdoor play during their preschool years have a lower risk of developing obesity later in childhood. The study included ...

Watching our children grow up is a series of miracles that unfold too quickly. For many families in our community, the latest miracle is that they suddenly have a child starting kindergarten! Although ...