Want to nurture a healthy, motivated student? Send your child outside for a daily dose of nature, say advocates of the No Child Left Inside movement. Once the school year starts, kids tend to ...

When I was a kid, my parents constantly told me to go play outside. I lived in a town where kids knocked on each other’s doors to ask if their friends could “come out and play,” rode their bikes in ...

It’s that time when the holidays are around the corner, and the cold starts to creep in at night and in the morning. Colder temperatures signal a change in seasons, the need for coats, hats, and ...

We’ve all seen it — kids hunched over tablets, eyes fixed on video games, even on beautiful sunny days. While screens offer learning and entertainment, they’ve quietly replaced something fundamental ...

In a world in which structured activity (Pynn; Watchman), resumé building, and indoor tendencies (Cleland) abound—and outdoor play has proven to be the safest way to play due to pandemic ...

If there was anything lucky about the timing of the pandemic it was that it arrived at our doorsteps in spring, when stressed parents could at least send kids out to play. But now that we are in the ...

The best outdoor toys keep your kids happy playing outside all day. There are many benefits of outdoor play for children and their development, says Dr. Danielle Budash Newkam, a psychologist and ...

Michal Perlman received funding from the Lawson Foundation to conduct research on Scotland's outdoor play policy. Catherine Bergeron receives funding from Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS).

Mark S. Tremblay receives funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, The Lawson Foundation, the Public Health Agency of Canada, ParticipACTION ...

I'm a mom of two and a Montessori teacher. Maria Montessori was one of the first advocates for nature-based play. There are proven benefits for kids spending time outside, both for physical and mental ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

New research has found more than a third of children don’t play outdoors after school and one in five don’t at weekends, raising concerns about children’s physical and mental health. The study from ...