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Category: School Age (Ages 4-11)
O: Oppression, agency, play and education
6 July 2022
What would organised education look like with agency at its heart?
P: Pretend play: Promoting positive emotions in children
6 July 2022
Why is pretend play a particularly positive place for children? 假装游戏: 提升儿童的正面情绪
Q: Quality research for quality classroom practice
6 July 2022
How can we ensure that research is accessible and feasible in our classrooms?
S: Social play and its importance – it takes two!
6 July 2022
What skills do children need to play together and how can we help them along the way?
T: Transitions: Play and the transition to school
6 July 2022
How can we use play to support children in their transition to school?
U: Unconventional ideas: What is creativity and how can it be nurtured?
5 July 2022
Why are play researchers interested in creativity?
V: Videos of family play moments support child development
5 July 2022
Are videos of play a helpful way for families to learn about and respond to their children's behaviour?
W: Why we all need play in a crisis
5 July 2022
How can play help us to understand and process thoughts and emotions during times of trauma or crisis?
Z: Zest! Motivation and playful learning in the classroom
5 July 2022
How can teachers harness children's inner drive to learn?
Parent Cooperative Early Learning: The Playcentre Approach
5 July 2022
Whānau Tupu Ngātahii means families growing together. Paul Crowhurst tells us more about Playcentre, a family-led, play-based approach to early childhood education in New Zealand.