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Category: Primary (5-11)
Supporting Learning Through Play
11 December 2024
A Play Commission Submission by Dr Soizic Le Courtois, Manogya Sahay and Qiming Liu
Innovative approaches to support language development and the home learning environment
3 December 2024
PEDAL's Prof Jenny Gibson presents her research findings that demonstrate the connections between a high-quality early language and communication environment in the home and children’s later school readiness and literacy outcomes in key stage 2.
Innovative ways to use technology to support parent-child interaction
3 December 2024
Rob Hughes presents Tandem - a ground-breaking app which uses AI to support active engagement between parents and children, and PEDAL's Eloise Stevens and Nesta's Lauren Liotti and Zhen Rao talk about PEDAL’s Playtime with Books programme.
What is a common elements approach?
27 November 2024
This short animation explains what a common elements approach is, and why PEDAL are using it in our research.
A playful retrospective on the power of play for young children and children living in contexts of conflict and crisis
27 November 2024
In his keynote, Paul Frisoli playfully reflects on the last 5 years of The LEGO Foundation funding in humanitarian settings.
The Oxford Brain Story: Embedding an understanding of the importance of the early years
22 October 2024
In this keynote, Louise Dalton presents her programme of work entitled the Oxford Brain Story.
Infographic on Children’s Executive Functions
9 October 2024
This infographic on executive functions can be shared with ECD practitioners, teachers, parents, caregivers, health professionals, and anyone else interested in children’s cognitive development.
Learning through play in Global Majority countries: Reflections from the PEDAL Centre on understanding and adapting the concept in four different contexts
9 September 2024
This paper in the International Journal of Play interrogates the concept of learning through play in different global contexts.
Staying self-regulated in the classroom: The role of children’s executive functions and situational factors
24 July 2024
We wanted to explore how an individual child's self-regulation might vary between different activities.
Centring children’s lived experiences in understanding the importance of play in hospitals
8 July 2024
We wanted to understand what playing in hospital is like from the perspectives and experiences of young children themselves.