Education
Preschool teachers overwhelmingly support play-based learning, study finds
Key Points
Thinkers from Plato to Maria Montessori have championed play as one of the most powerful ways that young children learn and grow. American preschool teachers overwhelmingly agree—but a new study finds that teachers in urban settings feel less family support for play-based learning than their suburban counterparts.
Thinkers from Plato to Maria Montessori have championed play as one of the most powerful ways that young children learn and grow. American preschool teachers overwhelmingly agree—but a new study finds that teachers in urban settings feel less family support for play-based learning than their suburban counterparts.