Outdoor play helps children learn skills, develop physical strength, and benefits mental well-being. Time outdoors can also provide an opportunity to make friends. Outdoor play comes in many forms.

It shows how outdoor parks provide opportunities for children to engage in risky play and develop independence and problem-solving skills. We cannot eliminate risk, so we need to learn how to ...

A warm fire, a cup of hot cocoa, a favorite holiday movie or music playing in the background ... ample outdoor opportunities that can prevent anxiety and attention deficit. “Kids are not ...

It found that JU:MP, a Sport England-funded scheme introduced five years ago, improved children's total physical activity by ...

They went to summer camp once, they say, and that was wonderful. Kids unwired ... outdoor play reduces stress and anxiety in children. Berchelmann said she notices her most carefree patients have ...

More information: Nanne-Mari Luukkainen et al, Children's outdoor time and multisport participation predict motor competence three years later, Journal of Sports Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1080 ...

the Centre continues to promote Paul Hockney’s vision to offer an outdoor experience for children in Bradford from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Burr said she and Elszasz ran an “informal” one-week outdoor camp last summer for children ages 4-9 at the Cleveland Metroparks’ North Chagrin Reservation. “It was mostly for families we ...

These prompts are four of the 11 that make up the Indiana Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights, a program recently adopted by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources in an effort to get kids ...

which may be one reason no connection between outdoor time and motor competence was observed in boys. Additionally, the study confirmed the importance of multisport activities for children's motor ...