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 ...

When your crawling baby makes the big leap to taking steps, it’s a whole new world for both of you. This upright bundle of energy is focused on moving, and you are focused on following close behind.

Intuitively we all know that play is important. It must be (right?) because we see evidence of play in children around the world. It’s not something that we need to teach our children — they seem to ...