VACANCY with Play Scotland – Trainer/Assessors Required
16 March 2017
Play Scotland Vacancies Trainer/Assessors Required There is an exciting opportunity to deliver a…
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RUTH LAUDS ‘PLAY CHAMPIONS’ AT ST LUKE’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
14 March 2017
Play is one of the most important means by which children learn and…
Read more »Lego to build up digital games as sales hit record high
14 March 2017
Marguerite Hunter Blair, chief executive of Play Scotland, said: “If you can use…
Read more »Primary school tells parents to put down their phones while picking up kids
14 March 2017
“Greet your CHILD with a SMILE, NOT A MOBILE” Full article
Read more »Lego-based play therapy could help children with autism develop social skills
27 February 2017
Experts are looking to play therapy using Lego to help children with autism…
Read more »Teaching Children to Play With Fire
24 February 2017
At a Berlin day care center, a little boy lights a match and…
Read more »Future Me campaign launch, Scottish Government
15 February 2017
Parents encouraged to talk to children about their dreams. A new campaign encouraging…
Read more »Ten-year-old applies to be Cambridge professor of Lego
15 February 2017
“I am the best candidate for the job of professor of play in…
Read more »Motion S5M-03584 supporting Scotland’s Play Charter
24 January 2017
A Motion supporting Scotland’s Play Charter has been placed by Ruth Maguire MSP…
Read more »Edinburgh street play pilot to be extended despite criticism
16 January 2017
A scheme designed to help parents temporarily close streets for their children to…
Read more »Moderate screen use ‘boosts teen wellbeing’, BBC News
16 January 2017
A study of screen time and mental wellbeing among teenagers has suggested moderate…
Read more »They raise the world’s happiest children – so is it time you went Dutch?
13 January 2017
Two toddlers have just chased each other to the top of a climbing…
Read more »Toy guns: ‘Children have an innate, inquisitive nature to explore good and bad, right and wrong’
9 January 2017
Playing with toy guns is a controversial subject within the early years sector….
Read more »Action on child poverty, Scottish Government
22 December 2016
Annual report and consultation responses published. You can view this here
Read more »Keeping children safe from button batteries
22 December 2016
Button batteries and lithium coin batteries are the small, round batteries you find…
Read more »Heinz beans ‘can song’ advert banned over injury fears, HSE
14 December 2016
“While the Health and Safety Executive would not wish to publicly contradict this…
Read more »Beanz Meanz Banz: Heinz forced to take their empty can-tapping advert off the air amid health and safety row over claims that it could cut hands
14 December 2016
Watchdogs have banned a TV commercial for Heinz Baked Beans on health and…
Read more »Are gendered toys harming childhood development?
8 December 2016
Research has found that dividing children’s toys based on gender can have lasting…
Read more »The Urban Playground That Builds Kids’ Brains
8 December 2016
“Play is the great equalizer for everyone.” Full article
Read more »Children’s online junk food ads banned by industry
8 December 2016
The Committee on Advertising Practice (CAP) said its restrictions would also apply to…
Read more »Scottish children ‘among least active’ BBC News
29 November 2016
Scotland has been placed joint last in an international study of physical activity…
Read more »Reason and Rationalization – A Theory of Modern Play
22 November 2016
Article from American Journal of Play The author reviews historical attempts—mostly by European…
Read more »Active Play – Exploring the Influences on Children’s School Playground Activities.
22 November 2016
Article from American Journal of Play. Because children spend so much of their…
Read more »Mind healing: the psychological benefits of getting dirty
22 November 2016
Let them eat Dirt is a new parenting book written not by child…
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