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Understand the role of play and understand children’s rights in relation to play
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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials
‘Why play is important’ on the Literacy Trust website
‘Play deprivation: impact, consequences and the potential of playwork’ from Play Wales
‘Play and learning’ webpage on the Early Years Matters website
‘A summary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child’ from UNICEF UK
‘Development matters’ from the Department for Education
‘Schemas: learning through play’ from Education Scotland
Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Click to read the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s ‘General Comment Number 7’ (2005) on ‘Implementing Child Rights in Early Childhood’.
Click to read 'Playing to learn: A guide to child-led play and its importance for thinking and learning' by the education union ATL about the importance of play to child development.
Think And Challenge
