Focus on play in kindergarten may improve grades

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Focus on play in kindergarten may improve grades

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - Training teachers to promote structured play among kindergarteners yields improved reading, vocabulary and math scores that persist into first grade, according to a new study. The technique, called ?Tools for the Mind,? seemed to be particularly effective in high-poverty schools, the authors write. ?The active ingredient is children are taking responsibility for their own learning,? said Clancy Blair of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University, who led the study. ...

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