The teenage brain is abuzz with many things, and school is often at the bottom of the heap. It can be difficult to get them to direct their attention away […]

Is digital play really bad for kids? Is an MMORPG as good for kids as the playground? What does digital play offer kids that old schoolyard games can’t give them? […]

Do you know a kid who enjoys watching other people play video games more than actually playing them? Many adults are perplexed by the trend of vicarious video game play. […]

In case you missed it, in this LearningWorks for Kids Let’s Play we takes on the new game mode in Blizzard Entertainment’s battle arena game Overwatch. Overwatch‘s Arcade section now […]

If you ask most kids what they want to do for breaks and holidays, they may tell you they want to go to Disney World or on an elaborate vacation. […]

Certain stereotypes surround extreme athletes. But kids who enjoy skateboarding, snowboarding, and surfing are practicing major executive functions that actually grow their brains and make them calmer, better thinkers. Skateboarding, […]

This week on the LW4K Let’s Play YouTube channel, we pickup where we left off in our start to our Destiny 2 journey! If you missed the last episode, Destiny 2 […]

Do you use a calculator to help you with math problems? Do you search the internet to do research instead of going to the library and looking through books?

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As parents, we are always looking for ways to tie the hobbies and obsessions of our children to real-life skills. For those of you who have children who live and […]

Learning something new improves and expands your brain. In an article published by the New York Times, Gretchen Reynolds describes how learning to juggle, swim, ride a bicycle, or snowboard later […]