National Week of Play

Play Week 2025: How children play is as important as 'what' they learn听

This year鈥檚 Play Week has the focus 鈥楳y Play, My Way鈥 鈥 paying tribute to children...Read more

Little Hands, Big adventures: Sensory play for early development

For children aged 0-5 years, engaging in sensory play can enhance cognitive, language, motor, and social skills. However, many adults may feel unsure about how to effectively incorporate sensory activities for children into their daily routines....Read more

More than words

Does anyone else remember the song 鈥業 can sing a rainbow鈥 that features the line 鈥淟isten with your eyes鈥? As a child I was always perplexed by this but now that I鈥檓 grown up...Read more

Play is never 鈥榡ust鈥 play!

This month sees two important events that remind us (as if we need reminding), of the power and importance of play for children鈥檚 development and wellbeing. Read more

The power of play: Play for all children

Eve Whistler is a nursery teacher who works in a primary school in England. In...Read more

The importance of play听

How the BBC鈥檚 Tiny Happy People can help you and your team support parents and encourage playtime at homeRead more

Connecting with families

Loving relationships are essential to supporting children鈥檚 learning and development, but these relationships are of equal importance to families too. To be able to best provide children with supporting environments, adults need to...Read more

Connecting to our minds

Mental health听鈥樷he emotional and spiritual resilience which allows us to enjoy life and survive pain, disappointment and sadness. It is a positive sense of well-being and an underlying belief in our own, and others鈥,...Read more

Connecting with each other 鈥 supporting children to make friends

An important aspect of children鈥檚 personal, social, and emotional development (PSED) is to 鈥渓earn how to make good friendships, co-operate and resolve conflicts peaceably鈥 (EYFS para, 1.6)Read more

Play as a force for inclusion

I was sitting in a hot, stuffy classroom one mid-afternoon in rural Kenya. As I sat there, the meeting drawing to a close and the stifling air clinging to my skin, I was struck by something a teacher said. Read more

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