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Category: Health & Wellbeing
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Messy play at home
Messy play at home
Playing at all ages can be messy and fun. But when you and your child are at home together for a while, it might be more difficult to cope with....
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Managing play at home that feels noisy or destructive
Managing play at home that feels noisy or destructive
Playing is a very important way for your child to understand – and come to terms with – what they are hearing, seeing and feeling. It can be hard to...
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Playing that involves difficult themes such as loss, illness and death
Playing that involves difficult themes such as loss, illness and death
Play is an important way for children to develop their ability to cope when things are difficult, scary or confusing. This IPA play in crisis publication pulls together tips on...
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Thinking about your child’s play
Thinking about your child’s play
Being at home with your child for longer amounts of time than usual gives you a chance to understand how they play. You can get into a routine that works...
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Supporting your child’s play during a crisis
Supporting your child’s play during a crisis
Children play naturally. Usually the most important things you can do to support this are giving your child enough space and time to play every day and having an understanding...
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The importance of playing during a crisis
The importance of playing during a crisis
Playing helps children stay physically and mentally well. It is an everyday part of a healthy and happy childhood. Play is just as important during a crisis like the current...
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Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing: A short evidence briefing
Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing: A short evidence briefing
ScotPHO have produced a short evidence briefing on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. This is one of a series of briefings produced by the Evidence for Action...
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Free-range teenagers: the role of wild adventure space in young people’s lives
Free-range teenagers: the role of wild adventure space in young people’s lives
This study was carried in 2006 out on behalf of Natural England to investigate the proposition that ‘wild adventure space’ can play an important role in meeting the developmental needs...
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