Explore Play Wales
Here is a summary of the latest play related articles, blogs and podcasts to be published online.
The Importance of Playful Experiences in the Early Years
Fiona Kirkland Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years (LINC) Blog
In this blog, Fiona Kirkland, Play Pedagogy Officer at Play Scotland, emphasises the transformative impact of play on early childhood development.
How the Built Environment Is Damaging Children’s Connection to Nature
Teresa Coady, Resilience.org
This adapted excerpt from Rebuilding Earth: Designing Ecoconscious Habitats for Humans by Teresa Coady explores how the free-roaming range of a child has been reduced dramatically in only a few generations.
The Play Well Podcast, Episode 38: Playwork qualifications, risk, & play deprivation
Play Scotland
Playing With Your Kid Shapes How They Interact With Others
Savannah Peat, Futurity
Play Therapy for Children With Disabilities
Monica Vilhauer, Psychology Today
Playing in mud and dirt can boost your child’s immune system – here’s how
Samuel J. White and Philip B. Wilson, The Conversation
“The healthiest places have spontaneous play engrained in their public spaces”
Josh Dickerson, The Developer