Category: Babies & Early Childhood (0-5)
A playful retrospective on the power of play for young children and children living in contexts of conflict and crisis
27 November 2024
In this PEDAL Conference 2024 keynote, Paul Frisoli playfully reflects on the last 5 years of The LEGO Foundation funding in humanitarian settings.
Book sharing videos for caregivers and EY practitioners
19 November 2024
As part of PEDAL's Playtime with Books project, we created two videos for our YouTube channel that explain what book sharing is, how to do it, how it benefits children and what it might look like.
The Oxford Brain Story: Embedding an understanding of the importance of the early years
22 October 2024
In this PEDAL Conference 2024 keynote, Louise Dalton presents her programme of work entitled the Oxford Brain Story.
Designing Evidence-Based Parenting Support for Impact at Scale
22 October 2024
In this PEDAL Conference 2024 keynote, Louise Bazalgette speaks about the scale of the challenge in closing the gap in early years outcomes in the UK.
Universality without Uniformity: Appreciating High-Quality Practices in Low-Resource Settings
22 October 2024
In this PEDAL Conference 2024 keynote, Professor Junlei Li speaks about the power of everyday interactions in early childhood.
Infographic on Children’s Executive Functions
9 October 2024
This infographic on executive functions can be shared with ECD practitioners, teachers, parents, caregivers, health professionals, and anyone else interested in children’s cognitive development.
Learning through play in Global Majority countries: Reflections from the PEDAL Centre on understanding and adapting the concept in four different contexts
9 September 2024
This paper in the International Journal of Play interrogates the concept of learning through play in different global contexts.
Staying self-regulated in the classroom: The role of children’s executive functions and situational factors
24 July 2024
We wanted to explore how an individual child's self-regulation might vary between different activities.
Centring children’s lived experiences in understanding the importance of play in hospitals
8 July 2024
We wanted to understand what playing in hospital is like from the perspectives and experiences of young children themselves.
A playful, evidence-informed approach to maths education
30 May 2024
How PEDAL research can help a government committed to improving maths outcomes to think more creatively about how to achieve this goal.