Play-based education is vital for children's development, fostering creativity, problem-solving and social skills. Research indicates that play enhances learning by activating the brain's pleasure ...

Play is a powerful learning tool that boosts engagement, exploration and community. Here three lecturers outline some of the ways it can best be used The last few years have seen rapid and significant ...

Play is often viewed as the natural language of childhood. But beyond simply being fun, play is a vital component of early learning. Play-based learning is an educational approach that leverages play ...

Children learning through play at the launch of the Takalani Sesame Regional Play Festivals. Picture Supplied In its bid to encourage parents and caregivers to adopt play-based learning to support ...

Cambridge’s research review also found that play-based learning achieves the best results when it includes a mix of child-initiated and adult-led activities. The role of the teacher in a play-based ...

That joyfulness can extend even to the more mundane lessons, like learning new vocabulary, which historically has involved ...

Today's children are growing up in a rapidly transforming digital era. From an early age, they're exposed to digital stimulation. It means their way of thinking is developing differently from that of ...

In May of this year (2024), a colleague and I traveled with a group of 15 American college students to Tokyo, Japan. The trip was part of an honors course on play across cultures. Before leaving, the ...

Game-based learning takes advantage of the natural interest of play to attain certain learning goals. It turns basic academic and cognitive skills ...