December 11, 2025 - A tiny school district in rural Merced County has invested heavily in school counseling. And UCLA researchers have recognized the results. Ashley Barajas watched intently as ...

On a recent afternoon in June, a line of kids between the ages of 5 and 13 snaked back from the door at the edge of classroom at St. Anthony's Catholic School in East Oakland, California. Some jumped ...

Neuroscientists, educators and psychologists like Kathy Hirsh-Pasek know that play is as an essential ingredient in the lives of adults as well as children. A weighty and growing body of ...

Earlier this week the Girl Scouts, which turns 100 this year, released an interesting report on teenage girls’ attitudes toward science and math. Some highlights: 74 percent of girls ages 14 to 17 ...

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I recently attended a three-day conference at UCLA entitled: Play, Creativity, Mindfulness and Neuroscience in Psychotherapy. The language of the conference’s brochure offered an approach that has ...

Are you a seasoned video gamer or a board-game geek looking to expand your repertoire? Or are you more of a game-hesitant newbie overwhelmed by the options (and scarred by a childhood Monopoly ...

All work and no play, makes Johnny a dull boy. It also makes him a less successful one, and that’s true whether Johnny is five or 50. The case for this being true for kids is pretty well documented ...

Ethologist that he is, Morris has long understood play - his own and that of others - as a set of behavior patterns the human animal shares with many other species. Particularly in childhood, he and ...

Play-Doh (Alternatively, you can prepare homemade salt dough using plain flour, table salt, water and other optional ingredients; see the "Preparation" section for details. Optional ingredients ...