Two toddler boys head outside to play. One returns covered in mud and the other without a speck of dirt on him. Hmmm. The ...

You must have often seen children playing in the mud. Many children even eat the mud while playing in it. Young children love ...

"More and more public areas are designed to support play areas for young children," McGrath notes. "They're actually considered early learning spaces, and libraries have embraced this concept. In ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – Exposure to outdoor play space and addressing muddy fields were among chief concerns and positive feedback alike surrounding plans to rebuild an elementary school on the ...

Risky play involves kids experimenting and pushing themselves ... and instead providing loose materials such as logs, mud, tarps, crates, sticks, planks, ropes and even water to play with.