Supporting Children With Autism: Play or Challenging Behaviour?
As you read this research story, consider if this is a story about play or about the challenging behaviour of an autistic child. ‘There is a moment within free-play that …
Course: Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life
To understand play, we need to be playful
Professor Richard Phillips interviews ‘guerilla geographer’ Daniel Raven-Ellison about playful ways of learning. Daniel is co-author of the Mission:Explore series of exploration books and manuals. Richard and Daniel explain that, …
Skating at Devonshire Green
In this video Nathan Black, a local skateboarder, takes us through his experience of skating in city centre spaces in Sheffield. Nathan discusses having been moved on over the years …
Children’s Playgrounds: Kit Fence Carpet Approach
There was a time when children were allowed to play anywhere in the external environment and, in some societies and cultures, this still happens. You may hear, or remember for …
Exploring the V&A Museum of Childhood’s collection
In this video, Catherine Howell, formerly Collections Manager at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London, shares some handmade toys they hold in their collection. As you watch the video, …
Exploring the V&A Museum of Childhood’s collection
In this video, Catherine Howell, Collections Manager at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London, shares some hand-made toys they hold in their collection. As you watch the video, consider …
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Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life