Editor’s Note: Beau Lotto is founder of Lottolab, a hybrid art studio and science lab based in London. He spoke at TEDGlobal 2012 in Edinburgh, U.K., in June. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to “Ideas ...

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Risky play should be incorporated into early childhood science education in nature-based settings to lay early foundations for science education, says Deakin researcher. "In the realm of early ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On a recent afternoon in June, a line of kids between the ages of 5 and ...

The number of preschools pursuing learning through nature play is growing fast worldwide. However, the effectiveness and impacts of this approach is largely untested, and we recently completed the ...

Ashley Barajas watched intently as toddlers stacked foam blocks and examined colorful cylinders. It may look like child’s play, but Barajas, an early education science specialist, knows that ...

Ethologist that he is, Morris has long understood play - his own and that of others - as a set of behavior patterns the human animal shares with many other species. Particularly in childhood, he and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Neuroscientists, educators and psychologists like Kathy Hirsh-Pasek ...

I meet a lot of parents whose kids are still young, sometimes not even school age, who are already convinced that their kids are not cut out for careers in math, tech or science. One mom told me that ...

Gayle Anderson previewed the brand new science and sports experience Game On!: Science, Sports, & Play at the California Science Center. The world premiere of this exhibition will take place on May 15 ...

ARLINGTON, VA, August 2, 2012 –PBS KIDS today announces that a new storybook app, SID THE SCIENCE KID Read & Play App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, is now available on the App Store. Based on the ...