Architect and playground builder Ron King is part of a robust movement to bring back more natural play, with environments that serve up some messiness and risk-taking along with exercise. Kids may ...

An earlier generation of kids may have spent all their free time playing in the woods, but in today's world of helicopter parenting and stranger danger, letting their children do the same is ...

SHELBURNE – Davis Park is looking a bit bare these days. About two years ago the town learned that, for insurance purposes, its playground needed to come down. The wood was rotting and it was deemed ...

GIVES US A LOOK. YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT OF RESEARCH THESE DAYS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF DIRECTED PLAY FOR CHILDREN, HOW GOOD THAT IS FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION AND IMAGINATION AND ALL ...

JAMES CITY — A natural playground with outdoor musical instruments, “hobbit hole” caves and a fairy garden will soon be built at the James City County Library in Croaker. The playground is the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X SARATOGA SPRINGS — Geyser Road Elementary School is planning to replace its aging playground, and ...

Those old playgrounds in some Denver parks might look a lot different in the coming years when they are replaced as the Parks and Recreation department is focusing on nature play options in its parks ...

YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH YOUR KIDS THIS WEEKEND BURN ON FOREST IS CELEBRATING A NEW PLAYGROUND THE PLAY COAST SYSTEM IS A 10-ACRE NATURAL PLAYGROUND. IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CHILDREN ...

Carly Greene laments that some children don’t know the simple pleasure of heading to the nearest stand of trees to play in the woods. That’s the reason the director of the Murrysville Parks and ...

In recent years, more and more playgrounds have moved away from organized structures and safe, soft surfaces to rough-and-tumble zones that encourage kids to use their imaginations and direct the ...