Forbes – Nick Morrison
“Children learn more through ‘guided play’ than from teacher-led instruction, according to a new study by experts at Cambridge University. A play-focused approach to learning, where children are allowed to explore at their own pace, was found to be just as effective as traditional teacher-led methods in teaching literacy, numeracy and thinking skill. And when it came to some maths skills, guided play was actually more effective than other approaches, at least up to the age of eight.” (more)