education company
You may not know that LEGO is not a retail company or a toy company or an entertainment concern—LEGO is an education company. Read more
Toy Fair New York
Toy Fair New York, the largest toy show in the Western hemisphere, is expected to bring in more than 25,000 attendees from 100 countries to see hundreds of thousands of toys and games across nearly eight football fields of sold-out exhibit space. Read more
Symbolic Play
Symbolic play is the ability of children to use objects, actions or ideas to represent other objects, actions, or ideas as play. A child may push a block around the floor as a car or put it to his ear as a cell phone. At around 8 months of age, as their symbolic thinking develops, children become familiar with objects, actions, and ideas through observation and exploration.
bikes and bike lanes
The basketball icon, LeBron James, knows that if you want kids to succeed, you need to give them access to bikes and bike lanes. He stresses the importance of bike lanes for safety while advocating for the freedom riding bikes gives children. Read more
A glorious wild childhood
A glorious wild childhood with unsupervised access to the countryside led this author to write How to Train a Dragon and other children’s books. He fears today’s children miss out on adventures that could enhance their lives. Read more
myelin
Scientists have found a clue to how autism spectrum disorder disrupts the brain's information highways. There's an abnormality in cells that produce a substance called myelin. Further studies are hoped to bring treatment or prevention. Read more
entire school just for kindergarteners
A Washington State school district made an entire school just for kindergarteners where joy and play are the focus. Play is finally making a comeback. Read more
step back
Parents need to frequently step back and let their children initiate their own play to allow children to solve their own problems and to turn to other children to initiate new play ideas. The results foster healthy and independent play. Read more
distributing funding for parks
A report from the City Parks Alliance showcases seven cities that are leading the way in distributing funding for parks more equitably to include residents in lower-income areas. Each city does it differently. Read more
PlayMark
PlayMark (formerly known as Eagle Play Structures) manufactures and installs commercial playground equipment as well as site furnishings and shade shelters in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
