All work and no play makes for troubling trend in early education

Friday, February 13, 2009 - 04:22 in Psychology & Sociology

Parents and educators who favour traditional classroom-style learning over free, unstructured playtime in preschool and kindergarten may actually be stunting a child's development instead of enhancing it, according to a University of Illinois professor who studies childhood learning and literacy development...

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