The Play Club at Overlook Middle School in Ashburnham encourages students to create their own fun with limited adult ...

Children scream. I mean they scream. It is their major form of communicating with each other. It is never angry screaming — ...

To tie-in this CIVIQ event to the subject of recess, the value of play to childhood education is well documented, so the smart people know that play is “essential” and “fundamental” to proper mental ...

Children are out of school for the week-long February break and you need to fill the time and tackle some activities outside ...

How much recess do kids need? And how much do they get? Ask most parents, educators, and healthcare professionals; they will ...

Teachers across America have been sounding alarm bells about student illiteracy for some time now. High school history teacher and content creator "Miss Redacted" is among them, and in a recent video, ...

With a "nice day outside," Charles Lavea told his daughters to go to the park. It didn't work out quite as he had imagined.

In a world increasingly structured by schedules, technology, and academic pressures, the importance of unstructured play is ...

They’re playing in Challenger tournaments where a first-round loss nets you $2,500. Consider two 23-year-olds at the Australian Open this week: Jacob Fearnley (UK, age 23, rank 86) has career ...

I suppose you can think of the two of them playing together as practice. But even if I did believe that intellectual stimulation should be the only point of socializing one’s children ...

As schools close and the city slows down as the fresh powder is cleaned up, snow days can be the perfect excuse to take a ...