Traditional Toys May Beat Gadgets in Language Development
17 December 2018
Baby laptops, baby cellphones, talking farms — these are the whirring, whiz-bang toys…
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Gender Equal Play in Early Learning and Childcare
17 December 2018
Children’s experience of childhood and play is becoming more gendered and polarised between…
Read more »Celebrating 20 Years of Play Scotland
14 December 2018
14th December marks 20 years of Play Scotland, the national organisation for play….
Read more »Cheap blocks and boxes backed over high-tech toys this Christmas – study
6 December 2018
Skip the costly electronic games and flashy digital gizmos. Paediatricians say the best…
Read more »Learning outdoors: growing explorers, not robots
6 December 2018
Look at my baby dragons,” says three-year-old Rubens, gently stroking three polished stones….
Read more »Active Students Could Outperform Sitting Students by 16%
4 December 2018
The BBC has published an article detailing new research on active students. “International research found…
Read more »UK Poverty Report from JRF
4 December 2018
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has this week published the 2018 Poverty Report, you…
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43 Reasons our Kids Need to Play More by Neve Spicer
30 November 2018
Is your child getting enough ‘free play’? Child-led free play – the unstructured…
Read more »‘Playground politics’ as Presiding Officer fights for school greenspace
30 November 2018
The Scottish Parliament’s presiding officer is bringing a new meaning to the phrase ‘playground…
Read more »New Study Underscores Why Fewer Toys Is the Better Option
30 November 2018
When it comes to toys, in terms of development and creativity, less is…
Read more »The truth about screen time, tech and young people
26 November 2018
Much of the negative reputation of tech and screens is way ahead of…
Read more »Play Deprivation Can Damage Early Child Development
26 November 2018
Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced…
Read more »Online Petition from Children First: We need a senior Cabinet Minister with special responsibility for children and young people
26 November 2018
The health and well-being of our children and young people is being challenged…
Read more »Charity calls for better access to children’s mental health support. The National
26 November 2018
Young people in Scotland are demanding equal and better access to mental health support. The…
Read more »Serene Santa’s Grotto for Children with Autism. Scottish Field
26 November 2018
Santa’s farmyard cottage will become a serene haven for children with autism and…
Read more »Children are being ‘datafied from birth’
9 November 2018
Today’s children are the first to be “datafied” from birth and little thought…
Read more »There’s a very good reason why children like to read the same story over and over again
9 November 2018
We often hear about the benefits of reading storybooks at bedtime for promoting vocabulary, early…
Read more »Playing is Learning
9 November 2018
As part of a recent parent survey, we asked parents if they could…
Read more »Playing it safe? – A global white paper on risk, liability and children’s play in public space
6 November 2018
Available data suggests that playgrounds are comparatively safe places – yet, in many…
Read more »Say Yes to Play
6 November 2018
Play is not only important for physical development and as a way to have…
Read more »Children’s sleep barely affected by screen time, new study finds
6 November 2018
Children’s sleep is barely affected by the amount of time spent staring at screens, claims…
Read more »Scotland’s Outdoor Play-based Learning Coalition Position Statement
24 October 2018
“In outdoor settings you can see that children getting out to play everyday…
Read more »Communicating Risk to Parents
24 October 2018
This article will examine the importance of effectively communicating both the risks and…
Read more »Teach children obesity not inevitable – medics
11 October 2018
Children should be taught that obesity is not inevitable, medics have said as…
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