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  • The Healing Power of Play—Why It’s Not Just for Kids
    The Healing Power of Play—Why It’s Not Just for Kids
    Remember when you were a kid, filled with laughter and imagination, and all you wanted to do was play? Somewhere along the way, many of us lose that sense of ...
    October 18, 2024BY Sina McCullough
  • The Powerful Effect of Bringing Play Into Your Life
    The Powerful Effect of Bringing Play Into Your Life
    Our hard work can feel dull or stressful, but incorporating more play into our lives can help.
    July 30, 2024BY Leo Babauta
  • Delighted Pandas Play in Heavy Snow
    Delighted Pandas Play in Heavy Snow
    Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow Credit: Newsflare
    June 20, 2024BY Epoch Video
  • Playfulness–Not Just for Kids
    Playfulness–Not Just for Kids
    Only a fraction of our lives is spent in the joyful abandon of play—with a little practice we ...
    June 16, 2024BY Mike Donghia
  • Moose Plays on Slip ‘N Slide
    Moose Plays on Slip ‘N Slide
    That made me LOL when it fell down! It's young and hot and looks like it's just enjoying ...
    May 30, 2024BY Epoch Video
  • Dachshund Pack Plays With Giant Ball
    Dachshund Pack Plays With Giant Ball
    Great exercise for these little dachshunds. They were having a lot of fun! 😄 Credit: ViralHog
    May 10, 2024BY Epoch Video
  • Sheep Plays Rugby With Woman
    Sheep Plays Rugby With Woman
    Bruce sure has the skills!🐑 Looks like they're having a blast!🏉 Credit: Jukin
    May 7, 2024BY Epoch Video
  • Two Mini Pygmy Goats Play
    Two Mini Pygmy Goats Play
    I love the sideways jump swag they have. They bring out the happiness! Credit: Viralhog
    May 3, 2024BY Epoch Video
  • Little Boy Plays Fetch With Neighbor’s Dog
    Little Boy Plays Fetch With Neighbor’s Dog
    A little boy plays fetch with his neighbor's dog. Credit: Erin Richter - http://goo.gl/N67cyM #animals #puppy ⭕️ Follow ...
    April 8, 2024BY Epoch Video
  • Toddler Plays Fetch With Dolphin
    Toddler Plays Fetch With Dolphin
    Toddler plays fetch with dolphin Credit: JukinMedia ⭕️ Follow us for more @EP_AnimalLovers
    April 5, 2024BY Epoch Video
  • Damar Hamlin Cleared to Play, 4 Months After Cardiac Arrest
    Damar Hamlin Cleared to Play, 4 Months After Cardiac Arrest
    ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.—Wearing a red cap and a Buffalo Bills pullover, safety Damar Hamlin sat down at the ...
    April 18, 2023BY The Associated Press
  • It’s a Kid’s Job: Playing Helps Kids Learn and Grow
    It’s a Kid’s Job: Playing Helps Kids Learn and Grow
    What would childhood be without time to play? Play, it turns out, is essential to growing up healthy. ...
    August 1, 2022BY National Institutes of Health
  • Why Real Play Benefits Your Son More Than Video Games
    Why Real Play Benefits Your Son More Than Video Games
    Pre-game jitters. They have hit our house hard, and my boys could hardly fall asleep last night. We ...
    March 12, 2022BY Melanie Hempe
  • Play: It’s Not Just for Kids
    Play: It’s Not Just for Kids
    My aged 60-something friend John knows how to play. When he and my grandkids get together, they spend ...
    March 1, 2022BY Jeff Minick
  • Connect With Children Through Purposeful Play
    Connect With Children Through Purposeful Play
    I recently asked a friend what she had been up to and she answered, “Not much. I’ve just ...
    February 19, 2022BY Kathy Koch
  • How Playfulness Develops and Spurs a Drive to Learn
    How Playfulness Develops and Spurs a Drive to Learn
    Everyone talks about the benefits of playfulness for learning and development. But what do we do to become ...
    February 6, 2022BY Katrin Heimann
  • Play Could Help Reduce Covid-19 Slump in Learning
    Play Could Help Reduce Covid-19 Slump in Learning
    We should pay extra attention to the home schooling and care of disadvantaged children during the Covid-19 crisis. ...
    January 28, 2022BY Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta M. Golinkoff
  • Djokovic Could Play in France Under Latest Vaccine Rules
    Djokovic Could Play in France Under Latest Vaccine Rules
    PARIS—Top-ranked player Novak Djokovic could be allowed to defend his French Open title under the latest COVID-19 rules ...
    January 24, 2022BY The Associated Press
  • Analysis: Epic’s Narrow Win in App Store Case Toughens Fight Against Google Play Rules
    Analysis: Epic’s Narrow Win in App Store Case Toughens Fight Against Google Play Rules
    OAKLAND, Calif.—Android app makers suing to stop Alphabet Inc's Google from siphoning up to 30 percent of their ...
    September 11, 2021BY Reuters
  • Diversions, Amusements, and Leisure: The Importance of Play for Adults
    Diversions, Amusements, and Leisure: The Importance of Play for Adults
    Recently, my daughter’s family came for a visit. One evening, the three younger grandkids, a girl and two ...
    July 20, 2021BY Jeff Minick
  • Taking Play Seriously
    Taking Play Seriously
    There is an old story retold a hundred times from Anatole France to Tomie dePaola about an old ...
    May 11, 2021BY Sean Fitzpatrick
  • Why a Childhood of Play Is the Best Education
    Why a Childhood of Play Is the Best Education
    When I was a kid, my parents let me play. I grew up homeschooled, so I had more ...
    January 18, 2021BY Hannah Frankman
  • Joy and a Moral Compass Are Imperative to Learning
    Joy and a Moral Compass Are Imperative to Learning
    Months of distance learning, online schooling, ad-hoc homeschooling, and hybrid methods that began in the recent school year ...
    December 8, 2020BY Catherine Yang
  • Ethan Bryan on Lessons From Playing Catch and the Importance of Play
    Ethan Bryan on Lessons From Playing Catch and the Importance of Play
    Every day for 366 days in a row, rain or shine, or in freezing wind, Ethan Bryan played ...
    October 27, 2020BY Catherine Yang
  • The Benefits of Play
    The Benefits of Play
    Today's families are busy. They're juggling work, school, childcare, family, friends, appointments, volunteer work, and more.  Often, as ...
    January 27, 2017BY Barbara Danza
  • Bao Bao’s First Snow Day (Video)
    Bao Bao’s First Snow Day (Video)
    Bao Bao, the baby panda at The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, played in the snow for ...
    January 18, 2015BY Epoch Video
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