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Welcome to the wonderful world of kamishibai – a centuries-old Japanese storytelling tradition.
Sports fans are of two types: purists and partisans. The attitudes of both can affect the game. An expert explains which one you are and what that means.
Ken dolls with a ‘man bun’. Female superhero action figures. At long last, the gendered distinctions of the pink and blue toy aisles are starting to break down.
We shouldn’t save play for the playground.
Upsy Daisy and the Tombliboos are finely tuned in to the developing minds of toddlers.
While some indoor trampoline parks operate to a high safety standard, others don’t, and there’s nothing compelling them to lift their game.
The power of play and how Lego is changing the world one brick at a time.
Australian children were once free to play on the streets, but today the urban space is less friendly to children and their imaginations.
As adults we often trivialise the value of play. But playing games lets us play with possibilities, see how they play out – and exploring alternative realities helps us see the familiar in new ways.
The bear of little brain has become a literary inspiration.
Ontario’s investment in a unique two-year, full-day and play-based kindergarten program is paying off. Could similar results happen elsewhere?
Did you know there has never been a safer time to be a child in Canada? Research shows that kids need freedom outdoors to explore exhilaration and fear, and discover their own limits.
It’s not all child’s play.
An early review of Patrick White’s A Cheery Soul said it ‘upset everybody who saw it’. But this extraordinary play, once a victim of 60s cultural cringe, marked a turning point in Australian theatre.
Exposure to nature plays a positive role in brain development by providing children with opportunities to take risks, discover new things, and be creative.
Forget about the expensive gifts, for young children, it’s all about the paper and the packaging this Christmas.
A new study says that LEGO is becoming weaponised. But play is more sophisticated than many adults think.
Research has found a relationship between pretend play and a child’s developing creativity, understanding of others and social competence with peers.
Testing takes the magic out of education – playful learning may be the answer.
Top contributors
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Education (Adj.), Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Research Project Officer, School of Design, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer and Researcher in Urban and Regional Planning, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Physical Activity and Health, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Design; Coordinator, Play, Creativity and Wellbeing Project, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra
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Professor in Education, Durham University
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Professor of Mobile Media and Games., RMIT University
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Public health and injury epidemiologist | Expert Witness, UNSW Sydney
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VC Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor of Healthy Ageing, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Pace University
