Play for Health

05/16/2017

Neat video!

HOW TO SEE THE FILM: www.projectwildthing.com "A gripping story of the desperate struggle to lead our computer-crazed children back to nature." Harry…

05/16/2017

The Natural Learning Initiative has some great ideas about how to get your kids outdoors to more this spring. Check it out!

Springtime is ideal for outdoor play. After a cold, gray winter, the blue skies, new leaves, and warm breezes beckon everyone to come out and play for a while. In the excitement of a new season of growth, here are some activities to make the most of all that spring has to offer.

05/16/2017

Wouldn't you like to know what just 3 hours a day of active free play outside can make in your child's growth and overall health?

Pediatric occupational therapist Angela Hanscom says that, "movement through active free play, especially outside, improves everything from creativity to academic success to emotional stability. Kids who don’t get to do this can have so many issues, from problems with emotional regulation".

Between hours sitting in school (with recess abridged or abandoned), time spent inside playing video games, and parents preventing kids from playing in m...

05/05/2017

Bringing Children Back from Virtual Worlds

05/02/2017

In Boulder, Colorado, a project that engages children and youth in open space planning produces meaningful outcomes. This study and many others in the latest C&NN Research Digest.

04/24/2017

This week we are recognizing the Week of the Young Child, an annual event hosted by the NAEYC and designed to celebrate children, families, and early learning!

Along with the , the ELC is excited to launch a new initiative we've dreamed up to keep the work of advocating for childhood going throughout the year. We are calling it and are looking forward to sharing more throughout the week as well as in the coming months.

This week, we will be sharing thoughts from ELC educators, staff, children, and families about the importance of childhood, the rights of children, and our hopes for young children. We invite you to share your thoughts with us and join in the celebration!

04/24/2017

The John Rex Endowment 2016 Progress Report is a glimpse of the foundation’s impact in our community over the past 15 years. Our commitment to vulnerable children is unwavering as seen by the more than $45 million awarded in grants to 88 local organizations since 2001. [more]

01/29/2017

Graduate students volunteering at the Covenant Kid's Run Kickoff at Zoo Knoxville! 😊🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏽🦁🐵🐻

03/29/2016

KNS 365 Field Trip 😎🚸☀️🌳👟

11/29/2015

Great!

Early Childhood Education students at the University of Maine Farmington are working together to develop a nature-based play area for their education program. The play area will give students the ability to observe how children can develop physically, mentally and emotionally -- all in an outdoor en

11/29/2015

This year the National Park Service launched a “Find Your Park” campaign as part of a larger effort to attract more diverse visitors. To help meet this challenge, several Minnesota groups are finding ways to connect younger, more diverse populations to national parks.

11/14/2015

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Clockwork Pre-School Nursery, a pre-school in Aberdeen, Scotland, recently invested £250,000 in equipment to facilitate additional outdoor play. The nursery is playing an important role in the international children and nature movement by helping Scotland to become one of the few countries to explic