A new study from Norway has found clear associations between the extent of children’s outdoor play and their ability to make progress in school. Monica Arkin of Child Trends discusses the significance of the findings.
Although outdoor play...Read more
The United Nations has strongly criticised the treatment of disabled children in the UK and calls on the government to take action to provide better support.
The United Nations committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published...Read more
Some of the most shocking images from the crisis in Syria have been photographs of children: the body of a drowned child lying on a Turkish beach and the expressionless 5-year-old boy from Aleppo we...Read more
In today’s technological and rapidly changing world, children need to be able to assimilate data and demonstrate critical thinking skills versus repeating a list of facts from memorization. Kids need to be critical thinkers who can...Read more
With policy and funding for children around the world ever more narrowly focused on their formal education, often at the expense even of school playgrounds, Victoria Derr looks at a project that supports local communities to redress...Read more
Action is a key not only to directly effecting environmental change, but to personal empowerment in the face of the huge challenges we face. In this article, Victoria Derr and Jeffery Morton describe the ‘action...Read more
Breathing air that does not make us ill is something that most of us take for granted, but for children who have asthma or pollen allergies, even playing outside at school can be seriously hazardous....Read more
Many children from lower income families do not get the opportunity to enjoy nature, even close to their homes. In this article, Nancy Vielmas and Victoria Derr, of the California State University, Monterey Bay, describe Return of...Read more
Forest schools are gaining in popularity around the world. In Denmark, they have been around for decades, and they start young. Philippa Stasiuk reports on a pedagogical movement that immerses children in nature from kindergarten.
“They come in...Read more
A new study of German school students stresses the importance of children having enough break times and chances to relax and reflect, for their motivation and well-being
For experts in children’s well-being it may come as no surprise,...Read more
The availability of affordable, high quality childcare is a major challenge for both families and government. In this extract from the Guardian, Juliet Rix investigates why an innovative community nursery in East London is attracting the interest...Read more
Designing the best cities for children involves recognising their right to play as well as learn, says groundbreaking kindergarten architect Takaharu Tezuka. This article by the Guardian’s Libby Brooks looks at his approach.
Whether it’s the Radical...Read more
Children and young people hold enormous potential for the transformation of cities. Both playful and thoughtful, young people’s imaginations and thoughtfulness can serve as a significant source of inspiration for making cities more engaging and...Read more
In Latin America, early work to explore this challenge began with the Criança Fala (“Child Speaks”) project of the consulting group, CriaCidade and the Bernard van Leer Foundation. Many children in São Paulo’s Vilinha neighbourhood...Read more
Submission from London Play for Day of General Discussion at the UNCRC, September 2016
This paper highlights a serious triple threat to the health and wellbeing of London’s 1.8 million children, and the grave inequalities that...Read more
The charity London Play has launched ‘The Playtime Project’ to ‘put play at the heart of London’s schools’. A pilot will run until May 2017, with a London-wide roll out planned later that year.
The Playtime...Read more
