Pirate ships, bridges, flowers, dinosaurs, cars, castles, trains, tents, campfires, palm trees and house. What do they have in common? A child’s imagination, sparked by block play. With UNICEF support ...

I watched the children playing with building blocks — stacking them, arranging them, building tall towers, laughing as they knocked the towers down, then building something new. I remember my ...

From Play-Doh to Barbie, major toy companies have long sought a foothold in the education marketplace by offering branded classroom materials and educational videos teachers can use. But now, one ...

If you're looking for ways to support your child’s learning before he or she even enters a classroom, new research from FIU offers an answer that’s backed by science and surprisingly simple: puzzles, ...

Montrey Redmond and a classmate put a puzzle of a construction worker together in the construction room at Prairie Early Childhood Center in southwest Cedar Rapids on July 25. The puzzle was one of ...

Days after moving into its new headquarters down the street, LEGO has announced a new partnership with the Boston Public Library that will bring learning and interactive play to over 150,000 children ...