Your kids might be spending less time playing on an average day than you spend scrolling your smartphone. But Lego wants that to change. Today, the company is launching Play is Your New Superpower, a ...

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 ...

As a licensed professional counselor and play therapist working with children ages 3-10, my work focuses on supporting ...

Play can help children become fluent in the language of the nervous system, learning what their bodies and brains need in ...

SEATTLE — On a bright October morning, two dozen 4- and 5-year-olds were scattered around a classroom at Impact Salish Sea Elementary in south Seattle, enthralled by plastic food, dolls, blocks and ...

With play sessions starting at just $8, Mermaid Bay's owner says the West Michigan venue inspired by his young children is ...

Children learn more through ‘guided play’ than from teacher-led instruction, according to a new study by experts at Cambridge University. A play-focused approach to learning, where children are ...

A plan to improve play areas and keep children safe in Jersey has been launched. The island's government said the plan aimed ...

Kids whoosh down 11 slides, play in a massive ball pit and climb through a maze of padded obstacles. A little girl sits at a ...

If you can recall, what types of play did you engage in when you were a child? Were they typical “boy” or “girl” styles of play, or non-gender-conforming? If you’re currently the parent of a young ...