Outdoor games are a great way for kids to have fun while enjoying the benefits of being outside. Playing outside isn’t just fun—it also encourages learning, enhances critical thinking, and boosts ...

For more than 10 years, Chris and Martin Kratt have invited kids on wild and fun creature adventures worldwide on Wild Kratts. But their interest in nature isn’t something they simply learned in a ...

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 ...

With the Manhattan skyline in the background as the sun set during a heat wave on July 24, 2022, children cooled off by playing in a fountain in Domino Park, Brooklyn, a borough of New York City.

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (publ. 2/24/2014, page A4) In a story about how outdoor play improves intelligence, the digit span test was incorrectly reported as a measure of general intelligence. It ...

If you’re the parent of a young child, you probably already know many of the benefits of outdoor play. Not only does it help strengthen motor skills, prevent obesity, and support creativity, but ...

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 ...

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Half of preschoolers don't spend time playing outside with a parent each day, according to results from a recent survey. In interviews with parents of close to 9,000 kids, less than half of moms and ...

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 ...