Design outdoor spaces that last year-round with climate-smart materials, durable layouts, and expert strategies that reduce ...

That joyfulness can extend even to the more mundane lessons, like learning new vocabulary, which historically has involved ...

Tips for Building an Outdoor , Workout Routine. Associated Press recently spoke with experts about the benefits of exercising ...

Mohegan Park in Norwich features several trails where you can walk or bike off those holiday meals. The park boasts woodlands ...

Spinach also has antioxidants, flavonoids, and phytochemicals that protect your cells from oxidative stress and damage from free radicals. You’ll get vitamin C, chlorophyll, and beta-carotene from ...

Background Outdoor play promotes healthy development in children, fostering physical, social and cognitive growth. Play involving age-appropriate challenges is an important aspect of child development ...

Despite the well-known benefits for children’s physical and emotional health, one in 10 parents of toddlers and preschoolers say that their child plays outside just once a week—or less. This is the ...

Do you remember playing outdoors as a kid? It was a time to run around and let loose, use your imagination and explore. Maybe you walked to school, rode your bike to the swim club in the summer or ...

For plenty of us grown-ups, the time spent running around our neighborhoods or hanging by the playground swings was a highlight of our childhood. Kids today often can’t say the same, though. New ...

New research has found more than a third of children don’t play outdoors after school and one in five don’t at weekends, raising concerns about children’s physical and mental health. The study from ...

Exercise is good for everybody’s body. With a plethora of proven physical and mental benefits, working out will improve your fitness and health and could even help you live longer (1). It’s no ...

Experienced trail riders and Peloton fans can agree: Riding a bike is one of the most fun ways to get your sweat in. And while indoor and outdoor cycling are both healthy forms of exercise, they ...