Reading, writing, and ’rithmetic are important, but one group of educators and business leaders in Michigan, USA, wants to make sure schools don’t forget about a fourth R: recess.Read more
School breaktimes might be assumed to be the most active period in a child’s school day. The fanciful notion that when the school ‘bell’ rings children flood the playground, running, jumping and actively playing with...Read more
In January 2021, Storm Christoph pummelled the United Kingdom with heavy rains and the threat of unmanageable runoff. But in flood-prone Manchester, a newly-developed park was proving its worth.
West Gorton Park had ‘drunk’ the rainwater,...Read more
Leading UK play charities and industry bodies are calling on local authorities to create accessible and inclusive child play spaces – and by doing so upholding every child’s right and need to play.Read more
Experts in urban planning, play, education and children’s rights will be sharing their experiences at our forthcoming Child in the City International Seminar.Read more
Northern Ireland’s lead body for the development and promotion of children and young people’s play has called for the country’s prospective leaders to ‘champion play for children’. Read more
Denser cities and fewer green areas. What is left for the children when the cityscape changes? That is an important element in the architecture education at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, but also the...Read more
The Association of Play Industries (API) says access to public play spaces in UK cities and towns is ‘unfair and unequal’, and wants government action to level up children’s opportunities for play.Read more
Fortunately, more and more attention is being paid to a play-friendly public space in both research and policy. Yet there is still little insight into very basic questions. For example, do boys play more outside than...Read more
KABOOM!, the USA-based play equality champion, has launched its ’25 in 5′ initiative, a $250 million dollar fundraising plan towards achieving play space equality across the country.Read more
The Play Observatory, a UK-based project focusing on children’s play during COVID and beyond, still has places available for a free online seminar later this month.Read more
Play Wales, the national body for children’s play, has this year published a wide variety of guides and resources to help professionals working in and around the children’s play sector.Read more
The Play Observatory, a UK-based project focusing on children’s play during COVID and beyond, invites you to take part in a free online seminar in January.Read more
Play Wales has published a new information sheet aimed at helping children’s play organisers take the right approach in decision-making over play infrastructure.Read more
