In a world increasingly structured by schedules, technology, and academic pressures, the importance of unstructured play is ...

National Geographic has teamed up with three partners to create new opportunities for children to play and to highlight the decline in play opportunities. Here’s how you and your kids can take ...

Play is used to understand what is on a child’s mind because play is children’s natural medium of expression. While play therapy, like all therapy, is conducted by way of appointment, few ...

Understand what's behind your child's play and help them learn by observing their patterns of behaviour or 'schemas' Does your child love to fill handbags, tins or pots with tiny things they have ...

It turns out play with an element of risk may be exactly what today’s kids are missing Brittany Toole When you think back to your favourite childhood play experiences, chances are they took ...

"We use our words, they use their play," said Dr. Melissa Brymer, who directs disaster programs for the UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress. "We can see some of their play ...

Play is so important for your baby; it's how they learn after all. But what's a better option, structured or unstructured ...