NEW YORK With a nail in one hand and a hammer in the other, 7-year-old Zayne Cowie was hard at work building a home. He had already gathered planks of splintered wood, an old tire for the entrance and ...

Children play at the adventure playground at The Parish School in the Spring Branch area of Houston. The term adventure playground might be an unfamiliar one for most Americans, considering that there ...

One of the the city’s rare adventure playgrounds has re-opened in Central Park after a renovation that restored several of the original adventure-style elements to the design. The playground, located ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - On Saturday morning, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at Lowes Creek County Park, opening a new bike course. Thanks to a partnership between the 906 Adventure Team, the ...

IRVINE – The defenders of Adventure Playground may not have their mud-filled, fort-building playground back, but the grassroots group got something, and that’s got them excited six years after the ...

For decades, special playgrounds in the U.K. have given children free rein. Now, the concept of "adventure play" is slowly spreading in the U.S., but these playgrounds, which look more like junk yards ...

Zavi, 7 years old, pounds nails into a wooden board. Once he finishes sealing this wall, his secret hideout will be complete. Then, with his backpack full of books, he can crawl in through the hidden ...

The newly built staircase stands ready for the pitter-patter of feet. The hillside awaits transformation into a slippery slope. The hollowed mud pit languishes mud-less. The just-constructed forts ...