Architect and playground builder Ron King is part of a robust movement to bring back more natural play, with environments that serve up some messiness and risk-taking along with exercise. Kids may ...

Most American children spend only a few minutes a day in unstructured outdoor play, yet research has shown that it’s critical for kids’ cognitive and physical health. Playing outdoors improves ...

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Architect and playground builder Ron King is part of a robust movement to bring back more natural play, with environments that serve up some messiness and risk-taking along with exercise. Kids may ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Visitors to City Park will soon be able to explore the long-awaited, $7.9 million playground that simulates the box canyons, beaver dams and other wild ...

Playing with sticks and hopping across tree stumps under a canopy of leaves feels like an idyllic, essential part of childhood — at least it was when we were growing up. Nature play spaces are popping ...

I wrote about the Annie Louise Wilkerson MD Nature Preserve in north Raleigh last year. The 157-acre preserve, left to the city by Wilkerson, a trailblazing Wake County obstetrician and gynecologist, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Those old playgrounds in some Denver parks might look a lot different in the coming years when they are replaced as the Parks and Recreation department is ...