How playing with “loose parts” can be highly engaging
13 May 2016
“In any environment, both the degree of inventiveness and creativity, and the possibility…
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Please Don’t Help My Kids
11 May 2016
“I am not sitting here, 15 whole feet away from my kids, because…
Read more »The Territotry of Play – A Playful Path
6 May 2016
The territory of play has no boundaries – other than those temporary boundaries…
Read more »‘Play Freely at Your Own Risk’
15 March 2016
A history of adventure playgrounds, which offer children the opportunity for no-rules recreation….
Read more »Comment: ‘It’s important for children to learn to be cold, wet, and survive that’
11 March 2016
Teacher Jane Williams-Siegfredsen was at first shocked and fascinated by Denmark’s forest kindergartens….
Read more »India Knight: British children are too sad
11 March 2016
Our children are among the unhappiest in the world. But here’s how to…
Read more »Forest Schools: Education as Nature Intended
1 February 2016
If you think today’s children spend too much time indoors, you’re not alone….
Read more »Heavy schoolbags pose health threat to children, claims MP
9 September 2015
Schoolchildren are at risk of developing back problems because of burdensome backpacks, a…
Read more »Let’s make a DEN! There’s nothing more magical for children… or grown-ups (and there isn’t a plastic toy, a piece of merchandising or computer in sight)
2 July 2015
A Sunday afternoon, and one of those days when afternoon boredom sets in….
Read more »Study Compares Active Video Gaming to Unstructured Outdoor Play
12 June 2015
The increasing use of video games is often blamed for children’s lack of…
Read more »Raising confident children: Why you should let your kids fall out of trees
4 June 2015
The goal of parenting is not to simply get your children to adulthood…
Read more »THE UNSAFE CHILD: Less Outdoor Play is Causing More Harm than Good
3 June 2015
The third grade classroom that was visiting our nature center for the day…
Read more »THE UNSAFE CHILD: Less Outdoor Play is Causing More Harm than Good
12 May 2015
The third grade classroom that was visiting our nature center for the day…
Read more »The cognitive benefits of play: Effects on the learning brain
6 May 2015
Interesting blog – click here Science supports many of our intuitions about the benefits of…
Read more »Philip Pullman: children need the freedom to take risks
5 May 2015
The pressure on children to succeed in exams is an awful imprisonment and…
Read more »When Parents Invade Childhood
10 April 2015
Trust is essential to raising capable, happy, self-confident children. Full blog
Read more »Bring Back the Lost Art of Tinkering
2 April 2015
In March, a Manhattan mother, Nicole Imprescia, sued her 4-year old daughter’s private…
Read more »When a Little Girl at the Pool Realized My Son Has Autism
30 March 2015
EMTs, firefighters and police officers all have something in common. When crisis arrives…
Read more »Energy drinks should be banned for under-16s
26 February 2015
Energy drinks should be banned for children under 16, the campaign and research…
Read more »Child watch: The apps that let parents ‘spy’ on their kids
30 January 2015
Think your kid’s being bullied? Or sending sexts? Or dealing drugs? There’s an…
Read more »Beano set to inspire kids to get ‘fit and healthy’
28 January 2015
They are unlikely advocates for a public health campaign. One of their number…
Read more »Children in our towns and cities are being robbed of safe spaces to play
19 January 2015
Where do the children play? Where can they run around unsupervised? On most…
Read more »Play Freely at Your Own Risk
19 January 2015
A history of adventure playgrounds, which offer children the opportunity for no-rules recreation. …
Read more »Have We Forgotten How to Play?
19 November 2014
Because of work-related changes in my life, my schedule has changed drastically. I…
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