Outdoor Play Time Links

Winter Prep for Your Outdoor Living Space (Carteret County News-Times)

(ARA) - Soon it will be time to leave outdoor living spaces and ride out winter's cold indoors. But before you batten down the barbecue and stow the patio cushions, don't forget to take care of wooden structures - like decks, pergolas and play sets - that must remain out in the elements.

Creative Ways to Get the Kids Moving in No Time (Carteret County News-Times)

(ARA) - As the weather gets colder, kids are less likely to get outside to run and play. Experts say it can take only a few minutes a day for kids to get the benefits of play, but it's not easy for them to resist the call of the television.

Parents get say about child care (Owen Sound Sun Times)

Full-time junior and senior kindergarten must provide a play-based curriculum with small teacher-child ratios and adequate time for naps, meals and play, say a majority [...]

Chinese lab creating rice that grows in all conditions (New Haven Register)

KUNMING, China (AP) — Zeng Yawen’s outdoor laboratory in the terraced hills of southern China is a trove of genetic potential — rice that thrives in unusually cool temperatures, high altitudes or in dry soil; rice rich in calcium, vitamins or iron.

FARINELLA: Good time to be a T-C fan (The Sun Chronicle)

There weren't many people at Old Colony Regional High School's Oliveira Field Saturday afternoon, and for good reason. It was brutally cold out. Perhaps we've all grown a little soft during what has been a very mild fall.