In a Times Union op-ed, Kim Kopko, director of The Parenting Project, says that New York lawmakers should mirror the efforts of their colleagues in Connecticut who are proposing a bill to incorporate play-based learning for kids in grades K-5. Some reasons why:
- Research shows children play their way to learning
- Play builds the more creative, curious and problem-solving areas of the brain.
Read the op-ed here in the Times Union.
