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Category: Blog

Playday Event in Kilmarnock

24 July 2019

Playday activities are taking place in Kay park, Kilmarnock! There will be a…

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Let them play! Kids need freedom from play restrictions to develop

10 June 2019

Unstructured play improves learning and social and physical development. Providing a variety of play options, improved play access and…

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Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese, study suggests

7 June 2019

Children who regularly walk or cycle to school are less likely to be…

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Toddlers Want to Help and We Should Let Them

6 June 2019

If allowed to help, toddlers become great work partners later in childhood.  Full…

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How to build cities fit for children

6 June 2019

After decades on the margins, child-friendly urban planning and design is emerging into the…

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Brain Hierarchy: When Your Child’s Lower Brain Levels Are Weak, they Can’t Learn

6 June 2019

Did you know that the brain of an infant contains essentially all the…

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Letting kids play outdoors improves their mental health: Study

19 April 2019

Many Baby Boomers grew up spending hours on end playing outside with other…

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Training new doctors through child’s play

19 April 2019

There is an old adage, that children are the best teachers. And for…

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Shaped by play and inclusive play

16 April 2019

Play has an invaluable role in encouraging child development. But play isn’t just…

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Shaped by play and inclusive play

29 March 2019

Play has an invaluable role in encouraging child development. But play isn’t just…

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What Is Snowplough Parenting –And Should You Be Concerned About It?

29 March 2019

Some parents won’t let anything get in their child’s way. Not even an…

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Study: Kids Who Spend Time in Nature Become Happier Adults

27 March 2019

 At this point it seems the evidence is overwhelming—new studies seem to arrive…

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Rethinking the rights of children for the internet age

21 March 2019

The internet is now 30 years old, making it the same age as…

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The spectacular science behind puddle stomping

19 March 2019

It’s easy to forget about the little things kids need to learn in…

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Risk, fear and freedom: a plea to parents by Tim Gill

13 March 2019

Children hunger for a taste of freedom. They are strongly driven to get…

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The Right Brain Develops First ~ Why Play is the Foundation for Academic Learning

13 March 2019

Did you know that the right brain develops first? It does so by the time children…

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Streaming apps ‘used to exploit children aged eight’

11 February 2019

Children as young as eight are being sexually exploited online, Barnardo’s the UK’s…

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Tech, Teens and Trust: Navigating the Digital World of our Children

10 January 2019

Those of us parenting in a digital world, frankly, don’t know what we’re…

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Children’s Play Becomes Work When You Get in the Way. Let Them Be

10 January 2019

Play does not have a beginning and ending. It is a fluid, continuous…

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Six ways to raise a resilient child

10 January 2019

Helping our children navigate the stresses and strains of daily life is more…

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The Age Four Transition to Responsible Childhood

8 January 2019

Converging evidence shows a major shift toward independence around age four.  Full blog…

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Worry over kids’ excessive smartphone use is justified

19 December 2018

Sleep deprivation among teens spiked after 2012 – just as smartphone use became…

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Traditional Toys May Beat Gadgets in Language Development

17 December 2018

Baby laptops, baby cellphones, talking farms — these are the whirring, whiz-bang toys…

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Active Students Could Outperform Sitting Students by 16%

4 December 2018

The BBC has published an article detailing new research on active students. “International research found…

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Scotland’s Play Charter

Scotland’s Play Charter describes our collective commitment to play for all children and young people. Supporters of the Charter know that children have the right to play and value play as an essential part of children’s health and wellbeing as individuals and part of the community.

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Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter

  • Scottish Government
  • Gargurnnock Play Group
  • The Nurture Nursery
  • KO-NEKT (Childcare)
  • Commercial Primary School
  • St John’s RC Primary
  • Broomhill OOSC
  • Knightswood Primary
  • The Yard
  • Beatlie Primary School
  • Mosstodloch Primary School
  • St Peter’s RC Primary School
  • Muck Primary School
  • Warout Primary School
  • First Nursery
  • University of Strathclyde
  • PLUS Forth Valley Ltd
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Midlothian Sure Start
  • Angus Council
  • Support from the Start Musselburgh Cluster
  • Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West
  • Welly Walkers Childminding
  • Little Steps Childminding
  • Youth Scotland
  • Dumfries Toy Library
  • Home-Start Lorn
  • Little Acorns
  • Little Scallywags Nursery
  • North Queensferry Primary
  • Dunbar Primary School Nursery
  • North United Communities
  • St Margaret’s Primary School
  • Bright Starts Nursery
  • St Ninian’s Primary School
  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  • Maddiston Primary School
  • Wallyford Primary School
  • Aberlady ELOSCN
  • Home-Start Levenmouth
  • The Destiny Project
  • Ayrshire College
  • West Johnstone Early Learning and Childcare Centre
  • Adelaides Nursery
  • Mini French
  • Fledglings Childminding Service
  • St Andrew’s RC Primary School
  • Clydesdale After School Care
  • With Kids
  • Craigour Park Primary School and Nursery
  • Dundee and Angus College
  • Starcatchers
  • Croftamie Nursery
  • Leaps and Bounds Activities (LBA)
  • Tarves Primary School
  • Towerbank ASC
  • Whiteness Primary School
  • Whiteinch Centre
  • Greener Kirkcaldy
  • Parkour UK
  • City of Glasgow College
  • The Creativity Portal
  • Stanmore House School – Capability Scotland
  • Task Childcare Services
  • Dirleton Playgroup
  • Perth Autism Support
  • Fields in Trust Scotland
  • Hanover Street School
  • MyParkScotland
  • Wellgreen Nursery, Stirling
  • Enable Scotland
  • Tinto Nursery
  • St Leonard’s Primary and Nursery School
  • Penicuik YMCA-YWCA
  • Caldercuilt Primary School & Nursery
  • Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre
  • Barnardo’s Scotland
  • Busy Bees Nursery
  • Dens Road Primary School
  • Cardonald Primary School
  • Innerwick Primary and Nursery School
  • Play Together on Pedals
  • Parsons Green Primary
  • Holy Corner Community Playgroup
  • Support, Help and Integration in Perthshire
  • Heathfield Primary & Early Years Centre
  • Playland
  • Support from the Start North Berwick Cluster
  • Cumbernauld YMCA
  • Interactive Play Scotland
  • Outlet Play Resource
  • St David’s Primary School
  • Enterprise Childcare
  • Balmore Kindergarten Ltd
  • Newtongrange ASC
  • Glebelands Nursery
  • St Sylvester’s Primary School
  • Scottish Out of School Care Network
  • Early Steps Nursery
  • Gingerbread
  • The BIG Project
  • University of Dundee
  • East Ayrshire Council
  • Newtown Primary School
  • Outdoor Woodland Learning School (OWLS)
  • Elphinstone Primary
  • Beech House Nursery
  • Udston Primary School
  • Culture NL
  • Giffnock Nursery Class
  • Edinburgh and Lothians Out of School Care Network
  • The Cottage Family Centre
  • St Mary’s Nursery Class
  • Abbey Early Years Centre
  • Crieff Hydro Kids Club
  • Whitburn and District Community Development Trust
  • Abbey Mill Childcare
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Preschool Academy
  • Gleniffer Nursery
  • Ninewells Nursery
  • Inclusive Play
  • Mid Calder Primary School
  • Access Parkour Ltd
  • Sgoil-àraich Taobh na Pàirce
  • North Edinburgh Arts
  • Clackmannanshire Council
  • The Wee Childcare Company Ltd
  • Play Midlothian
  • Holy Cross Nursery Class
  • St George’s School for Girls
  • East Lothian Out of School Care Network
  • Wardie Primary School
  • Newton Nursery
  • Battlefield Primary ASC Association (BPASCA)
  • East Pollockshields Out of School Care
  • Kidsize Out of School Club
  • Childcare in the Community
  • Parent and Infant Mental Health Scotland
  • Play Torbay
  • Òganan Ghlaschu
  • Alyth OOSC
  • Kilbarchan AAC
  • West Dunbartonshire Council
  • South Ayrshire Council
  • Support from the Start Tranent Cluster
  • West Lothian Council
  • Roots and Shoots Highland Learning
  • PlayBase
  • Arran High School
  • Tiptoe’s Children’s Nursery
  • Allsorts Dornoch
  • Fun Lodge After School Care
  • Springfield Primary School
  • Thornlie Primary School
  • Timberplay Scotland Ltd
  • Orkney Library and Archive
  • St Columba’s Junior School
  • Babysign
  • Off Grid Kids
  • Make Mess Matter
  • Scottish Historic Buildings Trust
  • CALL Scotland
  • Linnvale Primary
  • Burnfoot Community School
  • Sgoil Bhaile a’ Mhanaich, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
  • Chatelherault Nursery & ASC
  • Park Primary School
  • Canongate Youth
  • Evanton Wood Community Company
  • Gracemount Nursery
  • Red Harbour Events
  • Falkirk Community Trust Libraries
  • Flowerpots Childcare
  • St Ninians Nursery
  • Perth & Kinross Council
  • Holy Cross Primary School
  • Living Streets Scotland
  • Stepping Stones North
  • Meadowburn Primary School
  • Queens Cross Housing Association
  • Fife Childcare Services
  • Argyll & Bute Council
  • Forestry and Land Scotland
  • Child’s Play Nursery
  • Fife Gingerbread
  • Edinburgh College
  • Biggar Primary School and Nursery
  • CHAS
  • Stirling Play Services, Stirling Council
  • Bonding with Baby
  • Kidzcare
  • Gylemuir After School Club
  • YouthLink Scotland
  • Our Place Our Families
  • Lecropt Nursery and Bridge of Allan OOSC
  • Maggie’s Childminding Service
  • South Lanarkshire Council
  • Rosetta Early Learners
  • Green Aspirations Scotland CIC
  • Enchanted Forest Nursery
  • Hayburn Park Association
  • Woodlands Family Nurture Centre
  • Coastguard Club
  • Sacred Heart Primary School
  • Upstart Scotland
  • Child’s Play
  • Voluntary Action
  • Hyndland After School Club
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
  • Home-Start Wigtownshire
  • 3D Drumchapel
  • Laura’s Little Treasures
  • Musselburgh Burgh Primary School
  • Nurture the Play
  • Guildford Borough Council Playrangers
  • Lanarkshire Childcare Services
  • Falkirk Council
  • South Morningside Primary School and Nursery
  • St Joseph’s Primary School
  • Mini Me Yoga Ambassador
  • Summerston Childcare
  • Families First, North Lanarkshire Council
  • Cosy Cottage Nursery School
  • Cookfur Nursery Class
  • South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  • Aberlour Childcare Trust
  • Tinies
  • Edzell Nursery
  • Carli’s Kindergarten
  • Pentlands Activity Camps (PAC)
  • Stramash
  • Milltimber Playgroup
  • Children’s Health Scotland
  • Tweeddale Youth Action
  • Adoption UK
  • Scout Association
  • Langlee Support Centre, Langlee Primary School
  • NHS Health Scotland
  • Craiglockhart After School Club
  • East Park
  • East End Empowering Stars
  • Inverbrothock OOSC
  • Operation Play Outdoors
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig
  • Craigton Primary School
  • Little Forest Friends Scotland
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Early Education UK
  • Kids Come First
  • Bruce Family Centre
  • EA Junior School
  • Shetland College UHI
  • Seamab
  • Antonine Primary School
  • Woodland Outdoor Kindergartens
  • Leaps and Bounds Nursery
  • Scottish Book Trust
  • Gullane After School Club
  • Iona Primary Early Years
  • Linthaugh Nursery School
  • Corstorphine Primary School
  • City of Play
  • Edinburgh Young Carers Project
  • Whinhill Primary School
  • PEEK Project
  • Cockburnspath Primary School
  • Childcare Strategy Team
  • Scamps SOSC
  • NG Homes
  • Argyll College
  • St Charles’ Primary School
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Burnbrae Primary School
  • Edible Estates
  • Erskine Stewart Melville School
  • Busby Primary School
  • Rattray Primary School
  • Camperdown Primary School and Nursery
  • Fife Play Resource, Fife Play Development Team, Fife Council
  • Shetland Islands Council
  • Education Department East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Monkey Puzzle Glasgow Central
  • City of Edinburgh Council
  • Crieff Hydro
  • Holmston Out of Skool Club
  • Firsthand Lothian
  • Clermiston Primary School and Nursery
  • Dalmilling Primary School
  • Castleton Primary School
  • Siblings Together and Reunited (STAR)
  • Highland Council
  • TIGERS
  • Muirhouse Youth Development Group
  • ASH Scotland
  • Ark Out of School Care
  • TICTACS After School Service
  • NHS GGC Children and Families
  • Eyemouth Primary School
  • Buttons & Bows Nursery School
  • Seahorse Nursery
  • Leisure and Culture
  • Allan’s Nursery
  • Hillwood Primary School
  • Home-Start East Fife
  • Child Central Training
  • Orchard Grove Kindergarten
  • Four Seasons Nursery
  • Renfrewshire Council
  • New College Lanarkshire
  • First 4 Kids
  • Pilton Youth and Children’s Project
  • Cornerstone Nursery
  • Parent Action for Safe Play
  • Auchinairn Afterschool Care & Forest School
  • Law Primary School and North Berwick Nursery School
  • Oxfordshire Play Association
  • Forest School Leader
  • St Boswells Primary School
  • International Play Association Scotland
  • Pirie Park Primary School
  • Tweedbank Early Learners
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • St Denis’ Primary School
  • Almond Park Nursery
  • Earthtime for All Ltd
  • Licketyspit
  • Rosemount Lifelong Learning
  • Twinkle Stars Childcare
  • Maxwellton Park Nursery & OSC
  • Fenton Barns Nursery
  • Emerald Maintenance
  • Step by Step Nursery
  • WHALE Arts
  • What’s on Inverbervie Community
  • Lamlash Early Years Class
  • Play Borders
  • Holy Corner Community Group
  • Johnshaven School
  • Movement Park
  • St Gerard’s Nursery School
  • Play Alloa
  • Glasgow Life
  • Glenbervie Kindergarden
  • Meiklewood Nursery and After School Care
  • St Paul’s Primary School
  • Tingwall Primary School
  • Fusion Childcare Services
  • Family Fund Scotland
  • Scaraway Nursery School
  • East Lothian Play Association
  • Impact Arts
  • Barnardo’s APNA Project
  • Simply Play
  • St Martin’s Primary School and Nursery
  • Echline Primary School and Nursery Class
  • Middleton Park School
  • Lauriston Nursery
  • ACE Place Nursery and OSC
  • Inspiring Scotland
  • C.O.J.A.C. Caring Operations Joint Action Council
  • Forgandenny Primary School
  • Riverside Primary School
  • Getting Better Together
  • Jennyswell Out of School Care
  • The Scottish Parliament
  • Crossmichael Primary School
  • Liberton After School Club
  • Doune Nursery
  • Jordanhill School
  • St Peter’s Primary School
  • Dunblane Youth & Sports Centre Trust
  • St Rose of Lima Primary School
  • Windygoul Primary School
  • Scalloway Pre-School
  • Healthy Valleys
  • NHS West Dunbartonshire
  • Bridge of Weir Childcare
  • Sciennes Primary School
  • South Lanarkshire College
  • Parenting Across Scotland
  • SPELL
  • Murrayburn Primary School
  • Black Lion Games
  • Bikeability
  • Islesburgh OOSC
  • Galleon Centre
  • Loader Monteith
  • Balornock Primary School
  • Melrose Primary School
  • Toybox Children’s Centre
  • Stirling ELC
  • Support from the Start Dunbar Cluster
  • Scalloway Youth & Community Centre
  • Fife College
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Smallworld Out of School Club
  • Busy Bairns Childminder
  • Arkleston Primary School
  • Angus Alive
  • Mud Pie
  • Chanonry Beaver Scouts
  • Support for Families
  • Goodlyburn Primary School
  • Aberfoyle Nursery
  • Smart Play Network
  • Borestone Primary School
  • Aberdeenshire Council
  • Castlepark Primary School
  • Barlanark Out of School Care
  • Healthy n Happy CDT
  • High School of Dundee
  • Firpark Primary School
  • Reidvale Adventure Play Association Limited
  • The Green Team
  • St Thomas Playgroup
  • West College Scotland
  • Borders College
  • Prestonpans ASC
  • Quarriers
  • East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Hearts and Minds
  • Argyle Bridge Children’s Nursery
  • LINKES
  • The Concrete Garden
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • North Edinburgh Childcare
  • Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights
  • Play and Sports Limited
  • RHC NHS GGC
  • Clovenstone Primary School
  • Fountainhall Nursery
  • Professional Learning Academy
  • St David’s Primary RC
  • MACS After School Care
  • Outdoor Cleghorn
  • Oxley Park Academy
  • Simpson Primary School & Nursery Class
  • Support from the Start Haddington Cluster
  • Include Me 2 Club
  • Pencaitland Primary School Parent Council
  • Wee Gems
  • Creative STAR
  • Bankhead After School Care Service
  • North Ayrshire Council
  • Culture & Leisure
  • Project 31
  • Gowrie Training and Consultancy
  • James Gillespie’s Nursery
  • OSCARS Childcare
  • Support from the Start Prestonpans Cluster
  • Eastmuir Primary School
  • Home-Start Kincardine
  • PlayBoard NI
  • Newmains Family Learning Centre
  • NHS Forth Valley
  • Oxgangs Primary School
  • Cairnsmoir Connections
  • Kinneil Primary School and Early Years Campus
  • Jordanhill Out of School Service
  • Gap Childcare Services
  • Grange Primary School
  • Boomerang Community Centre
  • Scottish Government
  • Gargurnnock Play Group
  • The Nurture Nursery
  • KO-NEKT (Childcare)
  • Commercial Primary School
  • St John’s RC Primary
  • Broomhill OOSC
  • Knightswood Primary
  • The Yard
  • Beatlie Primary School
  • Mosstodloch Primary School
  • St Peter’s RC Primary School
  • Muck Primary School
  • Warout Primary School
  • First Nursery
  • University of Strathclyde
  • PLUS Forth Valley Ltd
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Midlothian Sure Start
  • Angus Council
  • Support from the Start Musselburgh Cluster
  • Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West
  • Welly Walkers Childminding
  • Little Steps Childminding
  • Youth Scotland
  • Dumfries Toy Library
  • Home-Start Lorn
  • Little Acorns
  • Little Scallywags Nursery
  • North Queensferry Primary
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