For too many years play has been removed from the early elementary grades where it's most essential for children's growth and learning. In her session, Bringing Joy and Access to Our Most Vulnerable Students, CEA Vice President Joslyn DeLancey talked with teachers about the power of play and how it can enhance access to the curriculum for students with 504 plans and IEPs.
Read MoreSongo is played using a wooden board with 14 small compartments, or holes, laid out in two rows of seven, with two larger holes in each end, one for each of the two players.
Read MoreScience has confirmed that combining play with learning enhances its effectiveness and enjoyment, challenging traditional beliefs about education. Play is a powerful tool for academic, social, emotional, and physical development in children. Play-based and nature-focused education centers are on the rise, making education enjoyable, accessible, and fostering cognitive development.
Read MoreGames and other forms of play might help reverse the loneliness felt by older adults. The number of older adults who describe themselves as lonely is "Drastically rising," with one-third of adults 50 and older saying that they often or always feel lonely or isolated.
Read MoreScience has proven what many parents and teachers already believed: Learning can actually be more effective and more fun when combined with play. If you go to the zoo, for example, you can see that animals engage in play, solving problems and learning things just like children do.
Read MoreSchool is structured, often focused on order; play, by definition, is not. Within this paradox of play and school, educators can find meaningful learning opportunities, advancing students' academic skills as well as the social skills that will allow them to thrive in adulthood and enjoy their childhood now, according to researchers from Project Zero, a research center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Read MoreCouple running in woods Great games to play with infants: 6 to 9 months The Center for the Developing Child has some great ideas and handouts for parents about specific games to play with their children at different ages.
Read MoreEncouraging students to engage in play allows experimentation, risk-taking, exploring curiosity and the potential for failure, but in a low-stakes, safe setting. Such approaches can help students to develop a growth mindset and build a stronger sense of self-efficacy - their belief in their ability to succeed in a task.
Read MoreThey are dedicated to studying and applying motivation science to gaming - including video games and the gamification of education. How did these lauded researchers get involved in video gaming? For starters, if you don't play some online interactive game, you are in the minority.
Read MorePlay can help kids learn, plan and even persevere in the face of adversity. As babies become toddlers, their play gets more complex. An alternate hypothesis is that pretend play helps kids develop a skill known as counterfactual reasoning.
Read MoreExtensive research with teams in settings as diverse as classic offices and steel mills revealed a series of running themes; the support available for ideas to emerge and coalesce, the style of leadership enabling that process and, funnily enough, playfulness.
Read MorePlaying games is no longer a waste of time! Studies show that video games and board games help develop a range of cognitive abilities in children and adults that might not occur otherwise. So what are the cognitive abilities we can expect to enhance by playing games?
Read MoreLast year, the international organization of Mexican origin, Educación para Compartir or Education for Sharing, was awarded by WISE for its innovative methodology, being the first time in the history of these awards that a Mexican organization wins this award.
Read MoreDid you know that Amazon picked up a new animated show after its Kickstarter raised over US$11,000,000? Or that NBCUniversal's new streaming service will kick off featuring another brand new animated series?
Read MoreLEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® can work well online, if anything it focuses people's attention on explaining their models and in doing so the meaning is clear to everyone else.
Read MoreHow is the concept of a game bounded? What still counts as a game and what no longer does? Can you give the boundary? No. You can draw one; for none has so far been drawn.
Read MoreThrough play, they develop physically and discover a slew of emotional skills,and they learn how to process the world. While the benefits of play are innumerable - play helps children develop cognitively, physically, socially, and emotionally - there is more to play than fun and games. How do children learn through play? Well, it's simple.
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