‘It takes a village to raise a child’: A community grows from play group for children with disabilities

PlayBuddy gathers weekly for sports and play, and welcomed its first participants in 2016. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Play reduces stress and lifts wellbeing – and adults benefit as much as children do

Somewhere along the way to adulthood, time to play fades away. We tend to trade silliness and imagination for seriousness and busyness. Yet there is clear evidence that adults benefit from playfulness ...
Save the Children

First-Ever International Day of Play Marked to Help Children Reach Full Potential

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (June 11, 2024) – Today marks the first-ever International Day of Play, which has been declared by the United Nations General Assembly to champion and protect children's right to play ...
Psychology Today

Cultural Differences in Play

In May of this year (2024), a colleague and I traveled with a group of 15 American college students to Tokyo, Japan. The trip was part of an honors course on play across cultures. Before leaving, the ...