In an age where digital screens dominate much of our time, the critical importance of outdoor play for children’s development ...

Fortunately, the Pittsburgh region has lots of organized outdoor activities and enough backyards, parks, hiking-biking trails, undeveloped woodlots, rivers, lakes and streams for every family to ...

Brianne Bruijns receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Western University provides funding as a ...

Outdoor activities provide an excellent opportunity for children to develop their communication skills. Engaging in play and ...

Is it just me or are screens dominating much of our children’s (and our own!) lives? It seems like a good time to remind all of us, parents and non-parents, that the importance of outdoor activities ...

On October 28, students and staff at Randolph Elementary school held a ribbon cutting event to celebrate the completion of new educational blacktop art that encourages more physical activity and ...

Physical activity is important in preventing heart and blood vessel disease in young people so long as they don't undertake very strenuous activity on days when air pollution levels are high, ...

Only 43% of programs met doctor-recommended guidelines. Amid a mounting obesity epidemic among children in the United States, a new study finds that only 43% of U.S. early childhood care programs met ...