National Saturday Club
Fantastic opportunities for 13-16 year olds to learn skills, find their talents…
Academic
Playing the Archive
“Playing the Archive: From the Opies to the digital playground” Publication date:…
Child Led Learning: myths and reality
Child-led learning gets a bad rap all because of misinformation, or simply people who think they know, and don’t care to learn for sure. Those are typically the adults in the world of early childhood education who cling to the control they have over children and can’t fathom letting go.
‘Like and Follow’
An award-winning short animation called “Like and Follow” that we came across…
Please help stop the UK Schools Bill.
If you are UK resident, please sign to stop the Schools Bill….
Does your screen time need to diet?
Although fun and Games is focussed on games and activities that are…
Play Observatory – Play your part
So how did you play during the COVID lockdowns? Was it totally…
A forest-based yard improved the immune system of daycare children in only a month.
Very interesting results from a scientific study carried out in Finland looking…
It’s only natural…
a post in February 2019 piqued my interest. It was the above image of the microbial handprint of Tasha Sturm’s own 8-year-old child after he had been playing outside… …outdoor and messy play is important not just for children’s development, but health as well.
play:groundNYC – free play in New York, an embodiment of exploratory learning
I might be in the UK, but became aware of play:groundNYC, an…