Spending time outdoors and engaging in active play has all kinds of benefits for young children. It encourages gross motor skill development, helps improve coordination and balance, and can contribute ...

New research published in Acta Paediatrica suggests that children who engage in outdoor play during their preschool years have a lower risk of developing obesity later in childhood. The study included ...

The Early Childhood Alliance recently celebrated new outdoor learning spaces at its Beacon Street Learning Program. The Nature Explore Outdoor Classrooms are expected to become a central hub for ...

To keep early childhood professionals connected at statewide levels, the Facebook page “VT Kids Play and Learn Outdoors” is a valuable place to find resources, share ideas and support each others’ ...

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 ...

A children's activity area. — Image by © Tim Sandle. A children's activity area. — Image by © Tim Sandle. Between 2011 and 2023, public playground budgets fell ...

The Davis-Scott Family YMCA is opening a brand-new NatureScape, a fenced outdoor learning and play environment designed to ...

Sauk Rapids-Rice School District voters approved two referendum questions totaling $55 million for a new early childhood center and an outdoor activity complex. The new early childhood center will ...