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Spring has arrived!
It’s time to shed a layer or two and watch the flowers bloom, the animals and insects emerge from hibernation, the birds soaring high in the sky, the leafy trees, and the soft green grass, perfect for playing and rolling around on.
“For ourselves, and for our planet, we must be both strong and strongly connected with each other, with the earth. As children, we need time to wander, to be outside, to nibble on icicles, watch ants, to build with dirt and sticks in the hollow of the earth, to lie back and contemplate clouds….”
Gary Paul Nabhan & Stephen Trimble; The Geography of Childhood, 2004
Children’s Right to Play in Scots law
On the 16th January Children’s Right to Play was incorporated into Scots law.The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act incorporates the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into the law in Scotland.
The State of Play in Scotland
In this new report, written for Play Scotland, we bring together the findings of four previous reports focused on children’s play.Our aim is to highlight the consistent messages across these reports; the things that we can confidently say that we now ‘know’ based on what children and the people who care for them have said.
Get into Messy Play this Spring!
Children love to get muddy, covered in paintand stuff when playing, we call this Messy
Play!
Play is essential to children’s development.
Messy Play can help develop children’s
senses as they explore the different textures of
materials.
Researched and written by Ana Ardelean, Kate Smith and Wendy Russell.
Scotland’s Play Charter
Scotland’s Play Charter describes our collective commitment to play for all children and young people. Supporters of the Charter:
- recognise that all children have the right to participate in play activities and experiences
- value play as a life-enhancing daily experience for all our children
- support children to have fun, creative, fulfilling and development rich play experiences throughout their childhoods
- recognise that playing is an essential part of a happy childhood as well as being vital to children’s wellbeing as individuals and members of society.