For over fifty years, digital games have become an increasingly prominent part of our lives, and their potential in the classroom has grown. This is because games promote a different kind of ...

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

Play-based education is gaining recognition as a powerful method for early learning, shaping young minds in profound ways. Through imaginative scenarios, sensory experiences, and peer interactions, ...

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 ...

One of my earliest posts here concerned the definition of play, which I developed further in an article on “Definitions of Play” for Scholarpedia (Gray, 2013) and in my book Free to Learn. I first ...