EYFS/Reception. Listen and Play fosters early learning through stories, music, movement and speaking and listening skills. Presented by Cat Sandion and Liz Kitchen.

Pupils at Park Lane Primary and Nursery School are enjoying a brand-new outdoor play area, designed to spark creativity, ...

The Play Matters Guide 2025 highlights the need for children to have more free time and calls for them to experience unstructured play rather than ‘rigid academic instruction or excessive screen time.

Jane Drake's popular guide goes into its fourth edition and is fully updated to not only reflect the revised EYFS but also recognise the latest policy moves, including the introduction of the Early ...

Children playing a board game where they have to count the spaces are learning about numbers and values, laying a foundation for math. “We need to move the conversation beyond play versus academic, ...

They say “poor Black and Latino children don’t need play, they need academics. And that’s the mantra.” And yet everything we know says that’s incorrect.

4. Play helps families bond. Continuing with the theme of banking time, play is also important for building relationships between parents or other caregivers and kids, Hirsh-Pasek points out.

Rolling dice, counting spaces and managing your play resources are big tasks for young children. Board games that incorporate those elements are often helpful in building math abilities, study shows.

Several initiatives seek to upskill domestic staff as part of enhancing early education, and strengthening the bridge between ...

EYFS / KS1. Age 3 - 5. Listen and Play: The big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh. Early Learning through stories, ... This continues until all the children have twisted round and crossed arms.