Why do we humans like to play so much? Play sports, play tag, play the stock market, play duck, duck, goose? We love it all. And we're not the only ones. Dogs, cats, bears, even birds seem to like to ...

The lines between branded content and entertainment are being continually blurred, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. One of the companies making those lines a bit fuzzier in a good way is Kids ...

This week at NPR Ed, our series Playing To Learn will explore questions about why people play and how play relates to learning. Why do we humans like to play so much? Play sports, play tag, play the ...

In 2019, I was approached by the Office of International Education at the university where I teach and asked to design a course that would culminate in a trip abroad for the students. Given my ...

You don’t have to drive far in a typical American town before you see it: A pictographic image of a child (implied to be a boy), perhaps chasing a ball, perhaps poised in midstride, perhaps atop a ...

For decades I've thought about how a simple behavior such as stretching and crouching on the forelimbs could become a play invitation signal in dogs and other animals. Many people also have asked me ...

An interactive, multi-sensory touch panel (left) and giant connect 4 (right) at the Kids at Play facility. (Marcus Biddle/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would ...