Studies suggest nature can help lower stress and boost attention. Researchers and educators say it can also help kids express creativity.

A list of animated kids shows that promote environmental awareness and encourage kids to get out and into nature.

You’re having a tough day so you get outside and boom! The sky, the fresh air and the trees all combine to lift your mood. And once you begin to walk or move outdoors in nature on a regular basis, you ...

At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Little Critters: Nature Play area, young children and their caregivers can have fun with free, nature-based play activities Mike Bock At 10 a.m. on a sunny Tuesday, ...

MISHAWAKA — Newly launched this year, the Wildsong Early Learning Community will offer a couple of days for children to enjoy nature play at The Mishawaka Res as a way for families to learn more about ...

Kellie Vella is a Research Fellow with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. Madeleine Dobson is an Associate Investigator with the Australian Research Council ...

'Feral child summer’ isn't just a social media catchphrase. Here’s how unstructured outdoor play builds stronger brains and lasting ties to nature. Free play in wild spaces challenges children to take ...

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, every 8th grader learns to canoe in the Grand River. Milwaukee’s public school district is now home to five new greenspaces. In Austin, nature-based learning is integrated ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nature Play is reopening at the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center Saturday. Rebecca Ratz, director of Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms, said the Nature Play area has been shut ...

LA Times Studios may earn commission from purchases made through our links. Step into a well-considered kids’ room this year and you might pause for a moment. It’s different. Gone are the days of ...

Located within the Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley, Bison’s Bluff Nature Playground in Schaumburg is one of Chicagoland’s most imaginative outdoor play destinations. Built primarily from ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Visitors to City Park will soon be able to explore the long-awaited, $7.9 million playground that simulates the box canyons, beaver dams and other wild ...