When we think of nature play, we envision children swinging from trees, decorating mud pies with gum nuts, and delving through creek beds. But nature play must be more than this and needs to cater to ...

Climb, dig, splash, build, explore and learn – nature play checks all the boxes. Unstructured play in natural settings is important for childhood development as well as multigenerational social ...

Most American children spend only a few minutes a day in unstructured outdoor play, yet research has shown that it’s critical for kids’ cognitive and physical health. Playing outdoors improves ...

For this systematic review, the umbrella term "nature play" was used to describe "unstructured, free play within nature (forest, green spaces, outdoors, gardens) and included natural elements (highly ...

Charles Schulz -- creator of the comic strip “Peanuts” -- might have been on to something when in the mid-1950s he added a character named Pig-Pen to the ranks of Charlie Brown and his friends.

Climbing trees, making mud pies, or simply playing outside, parents and educators know that being in nature is an important part of every childhood. But when it comes to messy or risky play, it's a ...

SAN ANTONIO – A local program is connecting children to the outdoors through nature play and sensory activities. “It’s a great place. It’s safe and there’s so much to do,” Melissa Markgraf, a mother ...

NEW ORLEANS — Kids got the chance to embrace the fun of making a mess on Saturday. The Louisiana Children's Museum hosted its third annual "Mud Fest" at City Park. There were tons of activities that ...

In today’s world, screens abound and many parents find themselves fighting to tear their children away from their technological devices and get them outside. Parents are concerned with good reason—as ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — It’s like all of Colorado’s ...