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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

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