It's Time to Bring Block Play Back to Kindergarten Classrooms

Authors

Davia Brown-Franklyn, Bank Street College of EducationFollow

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Description

Originally published on Medium, this Op-Ed describes the necessity of block play in kindergarten classrooms for the development of essential skills, such as spacial awareness and abstract thinking, language and literacy skills, mathematical reasoning, and critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Publication Date

6-17-2025

Publisher

Bank Street College of Education

City

New York

Keywords

block play, kindergarten, mathematical reasoning, creativity

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Early Childhood Education

Recommended Citation

Brown-Franklyn, D. (2025). It's Time to Bring Block Play Back to Kindergarten Classrooms. Bank Street College of Education. https://educate.bankstreet.edu/bsec/15