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While educators in Netflix’s ‘Matilda the Musical’ aren’t meant to be blueprints for contemporary teaching, they suggest the powerful ways attentive adults can make a difference in children’s lives.
The new national autism guideline says that we should remember to honour childhood. Sometimes that can get lost amid a weekly schedule of therapy sessions.
An expert in Greek tragedy can’t get past a seemingly callous approach to suicide in the National Theatre’s new take on Phaedra.
Play is so important for kids, but what about adults? Why don’t you usually see mum or dad swinging on the monkey bars at a playground?
Shakespeare’s Conrad is now an ambitious ‘story producer’. With an eye over all the ‘Nothing Island’ action, he seeds rumours that bloom into reality TV gold.
The pain of a brutal past and how to find healing is a theme shared between African Americans and black South Africans.
The new playground in Melbourne’s Southbank is the work of artist Mike Hewson – and it’s exactly the ‘risk’ it proposes that makes it so valuable.
Psychosocial and economic stressors can affect health, but neither our doctors nor our health-care system have the tools to integrate these factors into diagnoses or care. Play offers an alternative.
Even babies who are not yet standing or walking get lots of benefits from active movement – but most infants aren’t getting enough physical activity.
Winner of the Olive Schreiner Prize, What Happens was inspired by the discovery of a slave burial site.
The physical activity and social connection that take place at recess help children be more engaged once back in the classroom.
Conflicts at recess, averaging one every three minutes, greatly disrupt children’s play activities. However, a well-designed school layout can reduce the problem.
Here are some ideas for dealing with existing toys, as well as the upcoming influx of new ones.
We reviewed research into gender stereotypes and biases in early childhood, and found gender as a social category develops early in life, and insight into some gender stereotypes begins early.
New research demonstrates the many aspects of nature play that make it a great way for young children to gain STEM knowledge.
Scientists and local communities can work together to design interactive play spaces that build math and literacy skills.
Talking to your dog really helps. Here’s what else you can do.
Communicating clearly with children and providing space for them to play will be vital during back-to-school and beyond as children manage stressors associated with COVID-19.
With a bit of preparation, role play and modelling the type of behaviour you’d like to see in your child, the process can be plain sailing.
Top contributors
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Associate Dean (Research) & Associate Professor of Education (Personal Development, Health & Physical Education), Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Stephen F. Austin State University
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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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Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Healthy Ageing, Australian Catholic University
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Public health and injury epidemiologist | Expert Witness, University of Sydney
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VC Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Lecturer and Researcher in Urban and Regional Planning, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Physical Activity and Health, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Project Officer, School of Design, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Child Psychology, University of Reading
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Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England
