For quite some time now, American educators have been pushing the idea that it is important to make learning "fun". This is a damaging concept. To understand why, just ask yourself a simple question: ...

Ask any accomplished artist, industrialist or anyone who made a mark in their craft whether all phases of learning were fun. If you believe learning should be fun, think about what happens when the ...

Learning doesn't have to be a chore! There are countless ways to make education exciting and engaging for children, helping them develop a love for knowledge that lasts a lifetime. Here are some ...

Summer officially begins this week and across the country, children are forgetting the lessons they learned last school year. Summer learning loss has the worst impact on children who are already ...

When I was a kid, I didn’t like any toys, games, books, or TV shows that tried to “make learning fun.” I wasn’t dumb; I knew when I was being lied to—learning and fun are mutually exclusive. But ...

One of the most frequent challenges at the forefront of most stories I write about educational games is how to balance fun and engagement with instructional content and learning, or in other words, ...

All work and no play may dull on-the-job learning at workplaces, according to a team of researchers. All work and no play may dull on-the-job learning at workplaces, according to a team of researchers ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are your favorite classroom games? In Part One, Shannon Jones, Jennifer Bay-Williams, Molly Ness, and Sheniqua Johnson shared their favorites. Today, Jenny Vo, ...