Ladderworks is a publishing platform of diverse picture books and online curriculum with the mission to empower over a million kids to become social entrepreneurs. Our current series features ...

In an era of packed schedules, screen time, and intense focus on school readiness, many children are playing less than in ...

"Play nicely, children," has been a familiar plea of stressed-out parents and teachers since time immemorial. Now, new ...

Play is more than just fun and games for children. It’s a crucial element of healthy development, shaping their physical, cognitive, social, and emotional well-being. Through play, children explore ...

With the help of their stuffed animals or figurines, many toddlers and preschoolers play “teacher,” “doctor” or “firefighter,” drawing early inspiration from the careers they observe in their ...

Play is often viewed as a simple leisure activity; however, for children, it is a crucial part of their development. Through play, children learn about themselves, their environment and how to ...

“Play is fundamentally important for learning 21st century skills, such as problem solving, collaboration, and creativity.”– American Academy of Pediatrics. Many children no longer play, and this is ...

A girl swings across the monkey bars, an invention adopted in the 1920s in Winnetka, IL that encouraged children to follow an ancestral drive to test their physical limitations. Anthropologists at ...

Dr Jacqueline Harding, director of Tomorrow's Child and an early childhood expert at Middlesex University, argues that the young child's brain is inherently designed to be playful, and this is crucial ...

Many people often think of play in the form of images of young children at recess engaging in games of tag, ball, using slides, swings, and physically exploring their environments. But physical play ...