How to teach your child to play outdoors
In recent years, concerns about the safety of outdoor play have increased due to several factors including increase in traffic levels, and anxieties about ‘stranger danger'. So how do we encourage safer play outdoors?
Encouraging outdoor play
Get your kids enjoying outdoor play with some top ideas from Nature's Playground, a book filled with activities, crafts and games to encourage your child to explore all that the great outdoors has to offer.
Creating a space to play
Somewhere to become totally absorbed in your own make-believe world, concentrate on an intricate craft project, or charge around in a game of cops and robbers... every child needs one. We focus on creating children's spaces we share tips, ideas and inspiration on creating the ideal space to play and be creative - whether it's a whole room or a corner in the living area
The benefits of play
Hopscotch, Mother May I and a song about a cat that caught the flu... the sight and sounds of traditional games children once played outdoors have waned over the years, but with them go many learning benefits writes Denise Roberts
