Home activities like imaginative play foster children’s social skills in a secure environment. Parents can set up play scenarios to help kids practice conversations, empathy, cooperation, and ...

Playtime isn’t just all fun and games. Kids learn important developmental and social skills through playing with others and by themselves. Associative play is one of the six stages of play — a ...

Social skills start developing at birth, when babies begin to mimic facial expressions. Over the course of the first year, ...

Dungeons & Dragons, the 70s-era role-playing game, might bring to mind orcs and elves and multi-sided dice. But today, D&D and games like it are helping kids and teens learn important life skills.

KINETIX KIDS, a premier play-gym, activity, and specialized training center, celebrates the "Power of Play" by offering an environment where children develop their minds, bodies, and social ...

Research shows when children play, there is also a release of chemicals in the brain that can support social skills and impact memory and attention. Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report It’s the ...

Train play encourages kids to learn how to make new friends and nurture relationships. (Image: Supplied) 2. Teamwork makes the dreamwork. Playing with toy trains can help cultivate collaborative ...

Indoor activities involve less movement, limiting calorie burn. Encouraging kids to play outside helps prevent obesity and ...

For a long time I found my kids' obsession with Roblox both mystifying and annoying—especially when they'd refuse to play real video games with me instead (Mario).

My kids and our neighbors' kids play outside without adults in the afternoon. It reminds me of the childhood I had with unstructured play.

Looking for a fun, screen-free space for your little ones to explore, imagine, and make new friends? A new indoor play space in Lutz is doing just that, and it’s quickly becoming a favorite ...