Topic: #kidsplay

Free-range kids: Why a child’s freedom to travel and play without supervision matters

The recently released 2020 ParticipACTION Report Card revealed that Canadian children scored a D+ for “daily physical activity,” an F for “active play” and a D- for “active transportation.” Only 39 per cent of Canadian...Read more

01-07-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

I redesigned a school playground for my PhD – and the children got better marks learning outside

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the education of at least 1.5 billion school students. That’s more than 90 per cent of the world’s children. Although many schools in the west, along with private schools in...Read more

19-06-2020|Comment|author: Matluba Khan

Coronavirus lockdown gives a chance to ‘correct under-investment’ in play provision

The head of a leading children’s UK play industry body hopes the right of youngsters to free play provision will be financially preserved once the corona pandemic has subsided. (more…)Read more

22-04-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Children ‘benefit from mixed-age play’

A generation ago, play was something most parents thought about. On a nice day, parents would send kids out into the neighbourhood in the morning, telling them to be back for dinner. That’s rare these...Read more

13-11-2019|Comment|author: Simon Weedy