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Category: School Age (Ages 4-11)
All Work and No Play? Busting the Binary in Majority World Settings
21 June 2023
Are work and play really so different?
Exploring play in hospitals in Spain, Australia and England
9 May 2023
Who are Health Play Specialists, and why are they so important to children's hospital experiences?
Play in South African autism schools: why are formalised ethical processes important?
3 May 2023
Why are culturally sensitive approaches to research ethics so important?
Play, physical activity, and physical health
5 April 2023
How can active play help improve children's access to physical activity and their physical health?
Narrative Matters: ‘Encanto’ and intergenerational trauma
30 September 2022
How might films like 'Encanto' be key to helping children understand intergenerational trauma?
Four playful ways to help with anxiety
6 July 2022
How can we use play to help our bodies recognise we are safe and reduce our anxiety level?
Scoping the evidence: Hands-on learning with physical manipulatives
6 July 2022
How can physical manipulatives encourage children's active engagement in everyday learning?
Children bouncing back: How families can use play to help children transition to post-lockdown life
6 July 2022
How can families use play to support their children as they transition to post-lockdown life?
A: Astronauts, play and COVID testing
6 July 2022
How can we use play to help children engage with the COVID-19 swab?