Summer is the perfect time for kids to play with water, even if the season is nearing its end. After all, nothing is better than water play to cool off on hot days. However, you will be surprised to ...

From developing social skills to fostering creativity, pretend play in young children is likened to being a "metaphoric multivitamin" in an editorial published in the journal Neuroscience and ...

As my kids return to school, I have been reflecting on my own childhood and the Canadian Paediatric Society's recent recommendations around risky play. In a statement, the organization wrote: "Free ...

As your child ages, they’ll participate in many different types of play. Here’s how each type stage and type contributes to their growth and development. Reviewed by Dr. Ann-Louise T Lockhart, PsyD, ...

Pretend play is associated with a host of enhanced cognitive abilities such as executive function, language and perspective taking, which are important to education, making the minimization of pretend ...