Teachers often think they lack time to take children outside—yet there are many benefits to making the time to do so. Cath Prisk, a children’s policy consultant and the Global Partnerships Manager for ...

Preschool teacher-tested strategies for turning outdoor play into adventurous social and emotional lessons—no matter the ...

Brandyn Boyd doesn’t want to spend her entire day telling children to pay attention. Instead, at Magnolia Forest Preschool, Boyd has the opportunity to watch children explore, experiment and ...

Even before the pandemic, young children already faced high rates of obesity, more time indoors and on screens, limited physical activity, compromised emotional health and a growing detachment from ...

Brianne Bruijns receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Western University provides funding as a ...

Playing with ponies, tending to chickens and harvesting produce from an organic garden may not sound like traditional educational activities, but these tasks are at the core part of the curriculum at ...

We’ve all become accustomed to a hurried lifestyle, but every child needs some free time to play — and outdoor play benefits kids physically, socially and emotionally. Once the children are outside, ...

In education, we don’t have to choose between tech and tradition--the real challenge is finding balance in learning.

As a child, Rusty Keeler romped in the fields behind his house in upper New York. He played outdoors throughout the year — in corn fields, along hedge rows with cherry trees and among blackberry ...

Children are designed, by nature, to play with other children independently of adults. Generally, the best place for them to play is outdoors, partly for the fresh air, vigorous exercise, the ...

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).