Fred Rogers once said: “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”  Experts explain why play is serious work. Read more

Researchers wondered: Colorful slides, balancing beams and plastic stepping stones, or trees, plants and sand? Which is better for children’s development? Here are their findings about manufactured play equipment and nature play. Read more

A cultural anthropologist finds the study of indigenous children at play suggests that the value of play is much diminished when it is shaped and supervised by adults. Indigenous children’s learning by doing is vastly different from regimented school curriculums. Read more