Nine Questions to Ask

What parents should ask before choosing an out-of-school club or play setting

Three Books Celebrating the Success of Lego

Book Review by David Lane

Towards a Pedagogic Conceptualisation of Risk

by Gabriel Eichsteller and Sylvia Holthoff

How children need to take risks to be safe

Social Pedagogy: the Impact of Rousseau

by Valerie Jackson

How Rousseau, Plowden et al. influenced the teaching milieu and methods

‘Child’s Play: Montessori Games and Activities for Your Baby and Toddler’ by Maja Pitamic

Book Review by Maureen O'Hagan

Practical advice on play for practitioners and parents

Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood

by David Lane

If you’ve not been, make the time to go.

News Views

Including missing children, maths teaching and motivation, abuse at Caldicott School, play, two re-organisations - social services and primary schooling …

An Introduction to Play and its Future

by Maureen O'Hagan

Types of play, its importance and the threats play faces today

What is Play?

by Valerie Jackson

Explaining the importance of play

Playing down Memory Lane

by Kathleen Lane

Free play, organised play, computer games - and the future?

Play in Hospital

by Norma Jun-Tai

Types of play and what they can achieve

Free Play for All Ages

by Sally Cole & Chris Taylor

Play is vital for development and therapy - but is free play at risk?

Well-organised Play Routines that pay Dividends

by Adelle Taylor and Diane Murray

Discussion with Adelle Taylor and Diane Murray

Editorial : Play’s the Thing

How we differ from other animals

News Views

Including games, Moon Sand, play, child poverty, A Levels, YoungMinds, island communities and pedagogy in Slovenia .

A Rewarding Job that’s still often Misunderstood

by Carol-Anne Hegbin

Nursery nursing - a picture of daily life where the action is

Scene on a Train

by Kathleen Lane

Observing parenting in action