U.K. study recommends ‘play-based learning’ for primary students
Forget about traditional kindergarten. A recent review of primary education in England found that forcing young children to sit in desks all day may actually cause harm, and suggested that young children should be exposed to “play-based learning” instead. For some insight into what this means, BBC spends some time at a school where five-year-olds spend their days in interactive settings like the sandpit, learning without realizing they are being taught. Northfield Infants School in East Yorkshire is open plan, and kids are free to explore counting tables and number cards on their own.
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