National poll: 1 in 10 young children play outdoors as little as once a week

The physical and mental health benefits of outdoor play are well established, but one in 10 parents of preschoolers and ...

Even before they can read, young children are visualizing letters and other objects with the same strategies adults use

Some children focused on fewer parts of the object and spent less time studying its details. This suggests they used a ...
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Development of children playing with blocks

This adorable charmer is Utah, a one-year-old long-haired Chihuahua mix from the Belleville Area Humane Society. He came to the BAHS from a shelter in Arkansas. He’s very friendly and sweet with ...

1 in 10 Young American Children Play Outdoors Just Once a Week

Co-director of the poll, Sarah Clark, M.P.H., told Newsweek that finding small pockets of time for play can make a big ...
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Block Party

The Block Party program offered by Purdue Extension provides events that include free play with blocks of all types and sizes for families and their children ages 8 months to 8 years. Parents interact ...
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With makeshift jump ropes and hide and seek, kids play to cope with crisis

Parents also deeply wanted to contribute to the effort to enable their kids to play, Mariam says, creating jump ropes by tying rubber bands together and crafting toy blocks from pieces of bamboo — all ...
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Toddler coding classes are the new must-have activity for nurseries

It’s a Sunday morning at East Dulwich Picturehouse in South London, and a group of three- and four-year-old children is playing in a backroom. But not with cars or dolls. Instead, they are learning ...