Imagine life without feeling the rain, or hearing it fall on the top of an umbrella… Imagine never splashing in puddles and feeling the splashes run up your legs… Imagine never being allowed to play in the wet weather, the mud, or... Read more
Neuroscience and related sciences confirm that play, including climbing, builds fitness and bodies and promotes general health across generations. Climbing playground equipment, trees, fences and other objects promotes strength, confidence... Read more
What if we took a totally different approach to recess instead? A therapeutic approach that values the needs of the whole child and views recess as a form of prevention instead of simply time to get “energy out.” What if we let children fully... Read more
The play deficit Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure. Without the freedom to play they will never grow up... Read more
Trees don’t need warning labels. Adults need to relax What people should be more worried about is what kind of children we’re raising when risk is so carefully edited out of their lives... Read more