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'Play-based' learning mandatory for Tumwater kindergartners

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — The Tumwater School District has implemented mandatory play-based learning across all kindergarten classrooms, requiring one hour of daily free play while maintaining ...
Hartford Courant

Play-based learning is now a law in CT. What that means for kids, parents and educators.

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 ...
Education Week

Play-Based Learning Yields More Joy, Higher Scores at This Elementary School

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 ...
EdSource

Inside transitional kindergarten: Where play, curiosity and early learning meet

EdSource · School screen time is rising. California parents are asking where to draw the line When Krystyna Kalishevskyi emigrated from Ukraine with her family last year, she had experienced more ...

Lawmakers consider requiring more play-based learning for Iowa's youngest students

Lawmakers consider requiring more play-based learning for Iowa's youngest students ...
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Major step forward in the campaign for children to 'learn through play' until year 2 – as MPs debate petition backed by more than 100,000 parents

Campaigners want classrooms to match how young children actually learn, not ones that force them to grow up too fast. MPs have debated extending learning through play into Year 1 and 2 at primary ...
Psychology Today

Maeghan Jakubovitz

My ideal client is a child experiencing behavioral challenges related to anxiety, depression, or autism. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist, I am passionate about ...