Nature Playgrounds May Improve Immunity
A new study out of Finland shows that adding natural elements to a preschool playground improved the immune systems of ...
Read More Connecting Music Training to Literacy
Researchers in both neuroscience and education have noted the connection between music training and literacy skill building. Nina Kraus, a ...
Read More Reducing Anxiety through Adventurous Play
Psychologists from the UK, Dr. Helen Dodd and Dr Kathryn Lester, recently published the paper -- Adventurous Play as a Mechanism ...
Read More Academic-Based Preschool Researcher Calls for Play-Based Preschool
Dr. Dale Clark Farran, a prominent early childhood researcher at Peabody College Vandebilt University, finished a decade long study on the effects of ...
Read More U.S. News Features Waldorf Education
U.S. News and World Report has written a comprehensive feature story on Waldorf education -- What is a Waldorf School? This balanced look ...
Read More Waldorf Fourth Graders Learn Geography Through Bike Trip
Prairie Hill Waldorf Schoolstudents learned about history and geography by embarking on a two-day riding trip on the newly restored Elroy-Sparta State ...
Read More Learning Numbers through Native American Story
First graders at the Pasadena Waldorf Schoolare learning numbers through the Seneca Nation folklore story of Crow -- a young man ...
Read More Children of All Ages Need Recess
U.S. News and World Report recently published an article reminding parents and educators, yet again, about the crucial need for more ...
Read More Let Them Get Muddy!
BBC authors Alessia Franco and David Robson look at the latest research on the benefits of outdoor play and getting dirty ...
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