Children play at the adventure playground at The Parish School in the Spring Branch area of Houston. The term adventure playground might be an unfamiliar one for most Americans, considering that there ...

The playground at Lake County Intermediate School in Leadville, Colo., was in desperate need of a makeover. The schoolyard didn’t offer much — just a few swings, some rusty climbing equipment, a ...

In 1944, Marie Paneth, an Austrian-born art therapist, imagined a scheme whereby London’s bombsites would be used by local children for building huts and caves and for growing vegetables which they ...

Kids at Play, an indoor playground and therapy center that gives children opportunities to learn and grow while having fun, is moving to a larger space. The organization, which has been operating in ...

Flaming stone fire pits, wonky swings, lopsided wooden forts, stacks of hammers and saws, and even an abandoned automobile turned into a play den: Kolle 37 is not your usual kind of kids' recreation ...

How do we help children thrive and stay healthy in today’s world? Check out our Modern Kids series for more stories. The unmistakable facade of Independence Hall towered above a slide just inside the ...