Struggling to come up with fun ways to entertain your kids as the weather heats up? Not to worry. All it takes is a few simple supplies and a little imagination to get them moving, creating and ...

I know from experience that being outdoors helps kids feel less irritable and sleep better. But don't take my word for it; researchers have also found that when parents encourage kids to engage in ...

Getting started in outdoor activities can be the hard part. Just learning what to wear, where to go, and finding the needed gear is challenging. That can be especially true for women. The Wyoming Game ...

Kids are not meant to be stuck indoors 24/7, and they naturally thrive when they play outside, says Meghan Fitzgerald, a former school principal and the cofounder of Tinkergarten, a company that ...

If you're a student—or even if you've just been around students lately—you've probably noticed that stress and anxiety seem to be at an all-time high. Between heavy academic workloads, social ...

When kids move their bodies and feel a sense of belonging in nature, they show up more confidently in class. As a tween, I spent every winter Friday on the ski bus to Pat’s Peak in New Hampshire and I ...

When thinking back to our own elementary school days, most people would agree that recess was our favorite “subject.” Recess provided us a break from the confinement of the classroom, where we learned ...

Stomping through puddles, scrambling over fallen logs and digging in the dirt with sticks may not sound like traditional educational activities, but they are core parts of the curriculum in “forest ...

An urban oasis in the heart of the city? That’s what Chicago City Day School, a junior kindergarten through eighth grade private school, offers its students. In fact, the school’s visually appealing ...