Brandyn Boyd doesn’t want to spend her entire day telling children to pay attention. Instead, at Magnolia Forest Preschool, Boyd has the opportunity to watch children explore, experiment and ...

Even before the pandemic, young children already faced high rates of obesity, more time indoors and on screens, limited physical activity, compromised emotional health and a growing detachment from ...

Fresh air and exercise may be going by the wayside for little ones, suggests a new study that found preschoolers in child care centers often don't get enough outdoor play time. The new research, ...

In the conversation around school safety, active shooter scenarios still garner the most attention – but there is a valid argument to shift our focus to a more holistic, preventive approach by ...

Outdoor play helps children learn skills, develop physical strength, and benefits mental well-being. Time outdoors can also provide an opportunity to make friends. Outdoor play comes in many forms. It ...

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 ...

Most students are used to learning in the classroom, but at Harding University Partnership School in Santa Barbara, students can learn from their classroom, which is what happened when a group of ...

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If you’ve been out of school for a while, your memory of time spent in classrooms may be bathed in a nostalgic glow. In reality, though, you probably spent a lot of your time looking at the clock, ...

Above: The Bob L. and Joyce Beery Miles. The new Bob L. and Joyce Beery Miles Outdoor Learning Space at Purdue’s Lyles-Porter Hall is designed to enhance treatment and research of children’s ...

As a child, Rusty Keeler romped in the fields behind his house in upper New York. He played outdoors throughout the year — in corn fields, along hedge rows with cherry trees and among blackberry ...