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Category: Blog

Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 6

28 March 2020

Day 6: making the best of lockdown Not much happened today until the…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 5

27 March 2020

Day 5: old habits This morning, I tried to give myself a lie…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 4

26 March 2020

Day 4: routine As of today, I’ve decided to set my morning alarm…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 3

25 March 2020

Day 3: getting into the swing of things When I woke up this…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 2

24 March 2020

Day 2: a new normal Today I woke to the sun shining through…

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Family cycling: how to create a new daily routine

24 March 2020

Our friends at Cycling UK who are our partners on the Play Together…

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Life in the time of Covid.19 – Self isolation as a teenager. Day 1

23 March 2020

At Play Scotland we have always been aware of the importance of play…

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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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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

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

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