NEW ORLEANS — Kids can play, run, and jump in the mud at the Louisiana Children's Museum's annual Mud Fest at City Park. Families are invited to enjoy a variety of muddy mischief activities on ...

Climbing trees, making mud pies, or simply playing outside, parents and educators know that being in nature is an important part of every childhood. But when it comes to messy or risky play, it's a ...

Climb, dig, splash, build, explore and learn – nature play checks all the boxes. Unstructured play in natural settings is important for childhood development as well as multigenerational social ...

When we think of nature play, we envision children swinging from trees, decorating mud pies with gum nuts, and delving through creek beds. But nature play must be more than this and needs to cater to ...

Kids + the outdoors = fun! The executive director and co-owner of Bubbles Academy explains how the school’s outdoor classrooms engage the whole child. For families living in the city without access to ...

The Mud Zone at the Minnesota Children's Museum is exactly what it sounds like. An outside portion of the St. Paul museum has two giant bins filled with dirt, vessels like pie tins and bowls and ...

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, ...

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 ...