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Every child goes through several stages of development and movement -- from lying on their backs, rolling over, crawling, sitting, standing, walking, running, and climbing -- The one common feature...

As Dr. Emmi Pikler (1902-1984), a Hungarian paediatrician, strolled along a beach in Italy in the early 1930s, she paused to watch the other families scattered around her. As a...

Notes from the natural world on adventurous play that we could use!

A warm and wonderful book to help children navigate the big emotions they feel during the pandemic.

Screen Time can cause ADHD. The World Health Organisation recently released a list of directives and guidelines around restricting screen time and proposed more Play as a way of combating...

it turns out that playing with wooden or other blocks in early childhood can be directly linked to STEM skills in later life – and so, is most important for...