Is recess becoming a thing of the past? Explore why unstructured play is essential for children’s physical, social, and emotional development, and learn how protecting recess helps foster creativity, resilience, and lifelong learning.
Rediscover the joy and lifelong benefits of childhood play. Learn how open-ended play sparks creativity, strengthens problem-solving skills, builds meaningful social connections, and helps children develop the confidence to explore, imagine, and grow.
Don’t let summer become a season of endless screen time. Discover simple ways to encourage open-ended play, outdoor adventures, creativity, and hands-on activities that keep kids active, engaged, and making lasting memories all summer long.
Play is more than fun—it’s one of the most powerful ways children learn. Discover how open-ended play fosters creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving while laying the foundation for lifelong learning and healthy development.
Sibling relationships are built through everyday moments of play. Discover how open-ended play helps brothers and sisters strengthen communication, teamwork, empathy, and problem-solving while creating lasting bonds that grow throughout childhood and beyond.
We often think of play as simply something fun and entertaining, but it is far more than that. Play is an extremely powerful force on child development – helping children learn important life skills such as problem-solving, negotiation and communication, creative and critical thinking, empathy, and emotional regulation. Let’s explore some of these ways that play can help build the foundation for these essential life skills.
Raising toddlers has always been an undertaking not suitable for the weak- hence the stereotypes of the “terrible twos” and “threenagers.” However, the parents, teachers, and caretakers of todays’ toddlers are reporting a new level of tantrums, overstimulation, and clinginess as these “pandemic babies” begin to experience life outside of quarantines and social distancing for the first time.
