Every year on June 29, International Mud Day celebrates something many modern childhoods have lost: unstructured, messy ...

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Backyards are experiencing a resurgence in recent years. Driven largely by a collective desire to reduce screen time, which ...

The warm, summer months mean your children will likely be spending plenty of time in the backyard and nearby parks. If you want to make an entertaining area and/or assemble a swing set or some kind of ...

Pretend play isn’t just fun for kids—it’s important for their development, too. The best playhouses give kids an opportunity to create their own worlds, and experts praise the benefits they provide.

If you thought kids weren't playing outside enough before the pandemic hit, then you may be alarmed to learn the problem is worse now than ever before. When schools, playgrounds, and parks closed a ...

Volleyball courts. Sand pits. Splash pools. Giant movie screens. You don’t have to be a kid to design and enjoy an outdoor play space. Al fresco kitchens, all-weather lighting, and improvements in the ...

At Long Island libraries, the trend is anything but "shush." One popular movement is going outdoors as more Island libraries ...

Sari Lehrer's initial concept of what a backyard should be has changed since her own childhood days on the East Coast. As she and her family switched coasts and moved to sunny and expansive Los ...