Supporting Learning Through Play
A Play Commission Submission by Dr Soizic Le Courtois, Manogya Sahay and Qiming Liu
Common elements approaches to support early childhood development
PEDAL’s Prof Sara Baker, CEI’s Dr Stephanie Smith and Emma Cook from Department of Health and Social Care present: Common elements approaches to support early childhood development. In this workshop we hear about two projects using a common elements approach: the Department of Health and Social Care’s “Workforce Pilots”, and PEDAL’s Early Years Library for […]
Using young children’s perspectives in research and practice
PEDAL staff present research which uses playful methods to elicit the perspectives of young children to better understand their experiences of school and hospital. Kuri discusses a research study titled ‘My Play Life: A Qualitative Study of Children’s Play in Bangladesh’ jointly undertaken by the BRAC Institute of Educational Development (BRAC IED) and PEDAL.
Innovative ways to support decision makers to use evidence in national and local systems
PEDAL's Sally Hogg presents PEDAL's Mobilise programme and Foundations' Becky Saunders talks about Foundations' work to support local systems to improve services for families with young children.
Innovative approaches to support language development and the home learning environment
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
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.
Innovative approaches in the development of parenting support: Moving beyond manualised programmes
PEDAL's Dr Beth Barker presents The Golden Threads project and Dr Caroline White talks about Invest in Play.
What is a common elements approach?
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
In his keynote, Paul Frisoli playfully reflects on the last 5 years of The LEGO Foundation funding in humanitarian settings.
What is book sharing?
As part of PEDAL's Playtime with Books project, we created two videos for our YouTube channel that explain what book sharing is, how to do it, how it benefits children and what it might look like.
The Oxford Brain Story: Embedding an understanding of the importance of the early years
In this keynote, Louise Dalton presents her programme of work entitled the Oxford Brain Story.
Designing Evidence-Based Parenting Support for Impact at Scale
In this keynote, Louise Bazalgette speaks about the scale of the challenge in closing the gap in early years outcomes in the UK.
Universality without Uniformity: Appreciating High-Quality Practices in Low-Resource Settings
In this keynote, Professor Junlei Li speaks about the power of everyday interactions in early childhood.
Infographic on Children’s Executive Functions
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
This paper in the International Journal of Play interrogates the concept of learning through play in different global contexts.
