Smart tech plays a huge role in our lives these days, so choosing the best tablet for your kids can make all the difference ...

This free, bilingual app helps kids think like scientists with 10+ games. This free, bilingual Play & Learn Science! app helps kids “think like scientists,” with 10+ games that spark real-world ...

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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 ...

Playtime isn’t just all fun and games. Kids learn important developmental and social skills through playing with others and by themselves. Associative play is one of the six stages of play — a ...

Playing is learning—the two activities go together like peanut butter and jelly. That’s why it’s important to equip your kids with the best educational toys for their downtime, whether it’s between ...

How does technology affect the ways kids play, learn, and connect? Such a question popped up continuously over the course of MIT’s Sandbox Summit conference this week. In fact, Claire Green and Wendy ...

What happens if you stop teaching young children through direct instruction and instead set up purposeful opportunities to play? They could learn just as much when it comes to literacy, numeracy and ...