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In moderation, watching educational TV shows, movies and apps can boost language development among young children. 2 experts explain.
As enrolments climb and urban spaces become more crowded, some schools have been left with less play space per student than a prison cell.
Conflicts at recess, averaging one every three minutes, greatly disrupt children’s play activities. However, a well-designed school layout can reduce the problem.
A recent report suggests reception classes should spend less time playing and more time focusing on literacy and mathematics.
The power of play and how Lego is changing the world one brick at a time.
Children are masters of play - it’s one of the ways immigrant children learn to socialize. But due to language and cultural issues, play can also be complex and confusing.
How the new film could inspire parents and children to head to the Lake District, to spend time canoeing, building campfires and reconnecting with nature.
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Professor of English and Creative writing, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Education, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor + Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Transnational/Global Perspectives of Language and Literacy Education of Children and Youth, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education, Leeds Beckett University
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer, School of Education, Charles Sturt University
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Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University
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Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic
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Assistant Professor of Child and Family Development, Wayne State University
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Assistant Professor, Wayne State University