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Return to roots: How the pandemic shaped outdoor play
24 May 2021
Children had been spending less and less time outdoors before the coronavirus pandemic…
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Outdoor play is key to reopening and recovery
2 July 2020
Getting children back in school doesn’t have to mean a rush into the…
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“Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning”
Diane Ackerman, poet
“In play a child always behaves beyond his average age, above his daily behaviour. In play it is as though he were a head taller than himself.”
Lev Vygotsky
Ambition for Scotland The ambition in the Play Strategy for Scotland is for…
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There has been a growing academic interest in the role of outdoor spaces…
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Do you want to create exciting outdoor experiences for children? Are you looking…
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Outdoor play gets funding boost. The Herald
3 June 2019
The growth in outdoor nurseries has been hailed as a hugely beneficial step…
Read more »Study finds children’s screen time has replaced outdoor play
21 March 2019
A report by the Association of Play Industries (API) reveals that children have never…
Read more »The impact of outdoor learning and playtime at school – and beyond
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Scotland’s Outdoor Play-based Learning Coalition Position Statement
24 October 2018
“In outdoor settings you can see that children getting out to play everyday…
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The importance of outdoor play for young children’s healthy development
19 June 2018
Changes in current societies are affecting childhood experiences. Time for outdoor play is…
Read more »Edinburgh kids to reclaim streets for outdoor play
15 May 2018
Residential streets could be closed to traffic to encourage children to play outdoors…
Read more »Limiting children’s screen time to maximize outdoor play
3 April 2018
Governments and education leaders must work better together to steer children away from…
Read more »Limiting children’s screen time to maximize outdoor play
20 March 2018
Governments and education leaders must work better together to steer children away from…
Read more »Outdoor play boosts children’s performance in class, says new study
12 October 2017
A new study from Norway has found clear associations between the extent of…
Read more »4 myths debunked about outdoor play and children’s health
13 January 2017
Enough with the old wives’ tales that have kept kids indoors long enough!…
Read more »THE UNSAFE CHILD: Less Outdoor Play is Causing More Harm than Good
13 May 2016
The third grade classroom that was visiting our nature center for the day…
Read more »Attitude shift needed to encourage outdoor play
15 March 2016
Outdoor nurseries are giving children better learning outcomes, according to new Care Inspectorate…
Read more »Attitude shift needed to encourage outdoor play
14 March 2016
Outdoor nurseries are giving children better learning outcomes, according to new Care Inspectorate…
Read more »Outdoor play ‘good for the eyes’
16 September 2015
Getting children to play outside for 40 minutes a day could be a…
Read more »Study Compares Active Video Gaming to Unstructured Outdoor Play
12 June 2015
The increasing use of video games is often blamed for children’s lack of…
Read more »THE UNSAFE CHILD: Less Outdoor Play is Causing More Harm than Good
3 June 2015
The third grade classroom that was visiting our nature center for the day…
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