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The Case for Play How a handful of researchers are trying to save childhood. ...The emphasis on standardized testing, on attempting to const...

Tinkering School founder, Gever Tulley has a new book: Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) . It got a modest mention ...

My son had soccer in Terrace Park last week. The place is very nice, but kinda creeped me out. This sign at the park is an indication of w...

  Then they made "salad"  

At least the teacher's union does: COLUMBUS, Ohio – At the urging of school groups, the Ohio Senate has removed a provision from a child...

I'm sitting her in Ziegler park with a dozen happy children running around playing tag. The air is cool and the sky is deep blue. Th...

Refreshing article that may become a movement: We reject the idea that parenting requires hard work We pledge to leave our children alone T...

  A 12 foot wide sidewalk is sometimes big enough for a playground.

Pirate snow boy:   princess snow girl:  

... I live at 25 W 68th Street. It's an old apartment building. But it's got one of the best elevators in NYC. ...Our apartment is...

  gone sledding 2  

My kids often return from school with their lunchboxes still full. They say there is not enough time to eat, and they rush outside to play f...

  Regarding Labor Day, Garfield apparently said "Labor Must be Free" .

In yesterday's New York Times Magazine Peggy Orenstein wrote about the rise of testing and academics and the demise of play in kindergar...

  We brought the tetherball setup out into the park Sunday, and it attracted a constant stream of players, even a few adults. Not sure what ...

Last year I posted some great kids playing in the snow photos . So far this year I haven't taken many because I've been at work a lo...

rids racing on lawn a security guard cleared kids off the grass every so often: playing duck duck goose: kids dancing:

Last year, I reported that recess was being eliminated at many local schools. Now the Washington Post reports that local schools have hire...

...Because the children were rarely bored - at least, when a television was nearby - they never learned how to use their own imagination as ...