As children, when my siblings and I would complain that we were bored, my mom always shooed us back outside with these three words: “Use your imagination.” We would scrunch up our faces, walk back out, twiddle some grass between our fingers, and eventually prove her right. Because who needed toys or television when our ...

She’s the founder of Ellie Bellie Kids, products that promote imaginative play, and of Classic Play, a quarterly e-mag, and daily blog

Last week we did a post on some non-conformist playgrounds, and heard back from some of our readers who had some suggestions of others. We LOVE hearing from you! Tell us more. We have fantasies that some day we’ll have online listings of the best of everything, but we need your input to make that ...

Do you have Playful Parenting on your shelf? It’s mostly common sense, but sometimes that’s good to have as a reminder when we’re out of ideas.