As I detailed yesterday, the Smart Play system contains three elements. The Smart Brick is packed with technology like ...

A new study has uncovered the ways different types of play are linked to children's social abilities and brain activity. The ...

The development of the Smart Play System began in 2017, when Lego researchers studied how children want to play. They found ...

In 2014, police killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he played with a toy gun at a Cleveland recreation center. Ma’Khia Bryant was 16 when she was killed by police, also in Ohio. In Orlando, six-year-old ...

If you can recall, what types of play did you engage in when you were a child? Were they typical “boy” or “girl” styles of play, or non-gender-conforming? If you’re currently the parent of a young ...

Children learn more through ‘guided play’ than from teacher-led instruction, according to a new study by experts at Cambridge University. A play-focused approach to learning, where children are ...

SEATTLE — On a bright October morning, two dozen 4- and 5-year-olds were scattered around a classroom at Impact Salish Sea Elementary in south Seattle, enthralled by plastic food, dolls, blocks and ...

In playful fighting you can't treat everyone the same. Source: Max Pixel Public Domain I am a long-time admirer of Marc Bekoff and his research on play among canids (wolves, coyotes, dogs and the like ...

Playtime isn’t just all fun and games. Kids learn important developmental and social skills through playing with others and by themselves. Associative play is one of the six stages of play — a ...

If you're looking to escape the elements, an indoor playground is a great option to entertain stir-crazy kids on rainy or ...