Explore Play Wales
Here is a summary of the latest play related articles, blogs and podcasts to be published online.
Risky Play Podcast
Playwork Training Podcasts, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids’ Clubs
This first ever podcast by Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids’ Clubs covers the topic of risky play and the benefits to the children, including how to remove barriers.
A Place to Play: Children’s Play Needs in England’s Temporary Housing
Reach Alliance
This research report explores the challenges that families living in temporary accommodation face, particularly in regards to ensuring time, resources and space for their children to play.
The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic
Sam Pyrah, The Guardian
This article explores the necessity of spending time outdoors in nature in order to keep our brains healthy.
The Absence of Play
Pamela D. Brown, Psychology Today
Is Too Little Play Hurting Our Kids?
Joseph Polidoro, Science, Quickly Podcast, Scientific American
Video Games
Play Well Podcast, Play Scotland
“It’s changed our lives”: how playing out helped my children, my neighbours and me
Emma Sarjo, Playing Out