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Outdoor play: Hard-wired for nature!
Did you know that, among other things, outdoor play can improve children’s mental health? Indeed contact with nature reduces stress, boosts mood, and can protect against anxiety later in life.
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Play-based learning: The joy of learning through play
Play-based learning is an effective teaching strategy that can strengthen your child’s cognitive, social and emotional development.
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Technology in early childhood education
Children are more likely to learn from digital media when the content is age appropriate, engaging and educational.
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VIDEOS all together on our YouTube channel
12 short video clips under five topics : aggression, anxiety & depression, emotions, peer relations and ADHD.
News
May 21, 2019 Updated content
Child maltreatment
Two updated papers are now available on this topic
May 16, 2019 New content
Inter-Agency Working in Europe and the Uk to Support Vulnerable Young Children and Families
A new paper by Profs Barnes & Melhuish.
May 6, 2019 New content
New topic: Outdoor Play
Discover this new chapter of the Encyclopedia!
Apr 23, 2019 Updated content
The effect of prenatal stress on child behavioural and cognitive outcomes
An updated paper by Prof. Vivette Glover