Encourage boys to play with dolls, BBC News
19 January 2015
Boys should be encouraged to play with dolls to make them more “nurturing…
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Expert group to help improve Scots school safety
19 January 2015
Efforts to improve the safety of Scotland’s school buildings will be examined by…
Read more »Let children play first, eat later
19 January 2015
Holding recess before lunch increases fruit and vegetable consumption among school children, finds…
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 »Funding Scotland
12 December 2014
This new webiste brings together over 800 different sources of funding; enabling you…
Read more »Forest schools: fires, trees and mud pies
11 December 2014
Outdoor nurseries are sweeping the UK, their focus on fresh air and child-centred…
Read more »Video games: ‘smart’ plastic figures put fantasy play back on living room carpet
11 December 2014
Video games used to compete with toys for pocket money, but combining the…
Read more »Instead of buying your child a boring old iPad for Christmas, get them a stick
9 December 2014
Wild Network is urging parents to encourage children to play with nature and…
Read more »Ouch! Injury woe for playful dads: Average father is hurt 22 times a year with 40% saying walking across toy-covered floor is most dangerous part of being a parent
2 December 2014
The average father suffers 22 injuries a year caused by ‘rough and tumble’…
Read more »Half of children aged 11 have never even been on a bus, says study
28 November 2014
Today’s children are so cosseted that nearly half have never set foot on…
Read more »Fifth of millennium babies ‘obese’ by age of 11
27 November 2014
One in five children born at the start of the millennium was obese…
Read more »Will colouring-in books become the new craze for grown-ups?
27 November 2014
Children can spend many hours happily colouring-in pictures, taking care not to go…
Read more »Has the imagination disappeared from Lego?
26 November 2014
The Brick 2014 show for Lego enthusiasts is about to take place in…
Read more »State of Childrens Rights in Scotland 2014 Report
24 November 2014
The 2014 report will be the last before Scotland reports to the UN…
Read more »Play Scotland Competition Time
20 November 2014
20th November 2014 marked 25 years since the adoption of the UN Convention…
Read more »Tips for sharing books with children with Additional Support Needs
19 November 2014
Many of the following ideas have been suggested by experts and parents across…
Read more »Children’s doctors urge national 20mph limit in built-up areas
19 November 2014
The national speed limit in built-up areas should be cut to 20mph to…
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…
Read more »One in three Scottish school pupils has been bullied in the past year
19 November 2014
Nearly one in three pupils at Scottish schools have been bullied in the last…
Read more »6 things we learned about connecting kids with nature
17 November 2014
Why should we help children connect to the natural world? And how can…
Read more »Retro Scotland: 11 old pictures of 80 years of child’s play
17 November 2014
THE summer holidays are well and truly over, and the kids are back…
Read more »Have the Danes cracked childhood obesity? BBC News
14 November 2014
Childhood obesity has become a global epidemic, but it is not easy to…
Read more »New practical tool challenges the cotton wool culture
13 November 2014
New practical tool challenges the cotton wool culture and paves the way for…
Read more »We need to plan better for precious years of childhood
11 November 2014
I can remember how my mother would sigh when we passed the local…
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