Teachers can set up hands-on exploration to promote young students’ ability to calm themselves when emotions are running high.

In 2014, police killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he played with a toy gun at a Cleveland recreation center. Ma’Khia Bryant was 16 when she was killed by police, also in Ohio. In Orlando, six-year-old ...

Winter is coming. While bears get to hibernate, parents know toddlers and even older kids do not. Hence, it's peak season for cabin fever. The good news is that plenty of indoor activities for kids ...

A new study has uncovered the ways different types of play are linked to children's social abilities and brain activity. The research, conducted by researchers at King's College London and Cardiff ...

Over the years of working with children, I have seen many circumstances supporting the importance of play for appropriate development. This is also something supported quite strongly in the research ...

Young children travel to fantasy worlds every day, packing just imaginations and a toy or two. Some preschoolers scurry across ocean floors carrying toy versions of ...

The playground at Lake County Intermediate School in Leadville, Colo., was in desperate need of a makeover. The schoolyard didn’t offer much — just a few swings, some rusty climbing equipment, a ...

Tucked just southwest of Chicago, this sprawling suburb is its own happening metropolis. With restaurant-dotted streets to ...

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