Big Kids; Snow & Ice Play
8 February 2018
I grew up on the North Norfolk coast and I now live on…
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The Right Brain Develops First ~ Why Play is the Foundation for Academic Learning
7 February 2018
Did you know that the right brain develops first? It does so by the time children…
Read more »Creating inclusive play spaces: a place to start
7 February 2018
If one hundred people wrote a guide to creating inclusive play spaces the…
Read more »The benefits of play for kids’ mental health
7 February 2018
Almost everyone can recall a pleasant childhood memory in which they are building…
Read more »What happens when you put toddlers in a forest to climb trees and use knives
15 January 2018
“I was just bowled over and frightened by some of the things that…
Read more »Tes talks to… Lenore Skenazy
15 January 2018
The founder of the Free Range Kids movement tells Sarah Cunnane why she…
Read more »Teachers warn learning through play can lead to pupil disruption
11 January 2018
Modern teaching techniques where pupils are allowed to learn through play can lead…
Read more »Encouraging risk-taking in children may reduce the prevalence of childhood anxiety
9 January 2018
A new international study suggests that parents who employ challenging parent behavioural (CPB)…
Read more »BBC launches site promoting digital skills for children
9 January 2018
The new site Own It provides questions, answers and tools to help children…
Read more »The Right Brain Develops First ~ Why Play is the Foundation for Academic Learning
5 January 2018
Did you know that the right brain develops first? It does so by the time…
Read more »Doing Something Creative Can Boost Your Well-Being
5 January 2018
A study suggests that small acts of creativity in everyday life increase our…
Read more »Why spending time outdoors could help your child’s eyesight
4 January 2018
Kids seem to spend endless hours on smartphones, games consoles, computers and tablets…
Read more »Want successful kids? Let them play.
29 December 2017
Overprotective parenting is destroying kids’ chances at success in life. Lenore Skenazy has…
Read more »Freedom to Play – Changing the Conversation
21 December 2017
In a recent survey, carried out in the context of Scotland’s Play Strategy,…
Read more »Turning childhood into a mental illness
21 December 2017
Since I started studying childhood and parenting a few years back, I have…
Read more »The childhood gift we always wanted – would it change our lives today?
20 December 2017
As a child you are mostly powerless, but a letter to Father Christmas…
Read more »8 Reasons Why Kids Should Play Outside In Winter
19 December 2017
Children who spend time outdoors tend to run around more, as well as…
Read more »The Language of Play ~ Empowering Words for a Creative World
14 December 2017
Imagine you are having a team meeting to introduce a new project. Your…
Read more »Cut out smoking at playgrounds and school gates, says Children’s Commissioner Bruce Adamson as he backs Ash Scotland charter
12 December 2017
SCOTLAND’S children’s commissioner has backed calls for councils to discourage smoking in areas…
Read more »Can the return of wet play stop our kids obsession with screens?
12 December 2017
As any parent can attest, the battle to prise children away from the…
Read more »‘Lost words’ as children stay indoors, BBC News
6 December 2017
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris spoke to BBC Newsnight about their book The…
Read more »11 barriers that prevent kids from playing outside
4 December 2017
The Wild Network compiled the following list in hopes that we can overcome…
Read more »Rail company bans device targeting youths
30 November 2017
The main train operating company in Scotland has banned the use of controversial…
Read more »One in five children in Scotland lives in poverty
30 November 2017
One fifth of children in Scotland live in families that are in poverty…
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