Several organizations will host Nature Play Days across Elkhart County from June 2 to 10 to reconnect kids with the outdoors and give them space to explore. It’s among other events around Indiana to ...

NEW ORLEANS — Kids can play, run, and jump in the mud at the Louisiana Children's Museum's annual Mud Fest at City Park. Families are invited to enjoy a variety of muddy mischief activities on ...

Lake County is full of beautiful natural spaces and the preschool scene is changing to take advantage of that. If you have a child who would rather spend every waking minute in the fresh air, making ...

When we think of nature play, we envision children swinging from trees, decorating mud pies with gum nuts, and delving through creek beds. But nature play must be more than this and needs to cater to ...

Climb, dig, splash, build, explore and learn – nature play checks all the boxes. Unstructured play in natural settings is important for childhood development as well as multigenerational social ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — If you want to jump in a creek, hang out in a giant bird's nest, or make your very own muddy masterpiece, Ijams Nature Center's new Nature Playscape is now open for kids of all ages ...

The first ever 'Play in Nature' event was held Sunday afternoon at Lower Maplewood Park in Rochester. The event was held on the future site of the Maplewood Nature Center, which is currently in the ...

SAN ANTONIO – A local program is connecting children to the outdoors through nature play and sensory activities. “It’s a great place. It’s safe and there’s so much to do,” Melissa Markgraf, a mother ...

There are wooden log stumps children can climb on, hammocks to swing and rest in, a mud kitchen area, a sandbox, and several ...

A world first review of the importance of nature play could transform children's play spaces, supporting investment in city and urban parks, while also delivering important opportunities for ...