This story is sponsored by Lifetime Products. As summer approaches, children ditch their snow boots and put on their sneakers to play outside in the sun. The right play activities can go beyond ...

Play therapy can help children develop social connections, foster independence, and learn creative thinking.

With the help of their stuffed animals or figurines, many toddlers and preschoolers play “teacher,” “doctor” or “firefighter,” drawing early inspiration from the careers they observe in their ...

MOLLY GARY is an executive committee member, Door County Partnership for Children and Families, and LOLA DeVILLERS is an ...

New Australian research show importance of Dads in early child development. June 17, 2011— -- Dads play roughhousing with their young children is crucially important in the early development of ...

Over the last 17 years on the front lines of the children’s toy industry, I’ve watched some of the titans of the industry chase sales at the expense of development. Perhaps that’s unsurprising ...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — A summer playgroup for infants and toddlers, sponsored by the Exceptional Family Member Program at the largest U.S. military base overseas, offers more than just a social ...

One is such an exciting age for you and your little one. They're certainly not babies anymore, and their brains and bodies are ready to explore anything and everything (cue the baby proofing!). This ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, it is important to understand how students think and learn so as to be able to teach effectively. Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist, profoundly impacted ...

Since their invention in the 1920s, jungle gyms and monkey bars have become both fixtures of playgrounds and symbols of childhood injury that anxious caretakers want removed. Anthropologists mark 100 ...