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Hosted by Play Scotland · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 55 episodes
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Welcome to Play Scotland's Play Well Podcast series! Each month we will be exploring play through different themes by talking to play experts, play champions, and practitioners who are passionate about play. Join us to learn about the importance of play for child development, play as a human right, and the different ways play can be used to tackle social issues. If you have an idea for a guest or a theme please do get in touch with JennyLester@PlayScotland.org Please fill in our survey about how we can improve the podcast: https://forms.office.com/r/SPEMkHf6NC #PlayWellPodcast
Play Scotland hosts The Play Well Podcast, a kids show with 55 episodes published.
Laura Henry-Allain MBE is an award-winning international producer, storyteller, educationalist and consultant. She is the creator of the well-loved JoJo and Gran Gran characters, developed and produced by CBeebies and is
Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg MBE is an award-winning Early Years author, trainer, product designer and lifelong advocate for play. After a decade as a headteacher, he set up ABC Does to support schools, settings and educators
Margaret Fordyce (P1–3) and Kerry Nicholson (P6/7) are teachers at Baltasound Junior High School, Britain’s most northerly school. As a Play Pedagogy Award Pilot school, they are exploring ways to embed play into learnin
In this episode, our CEO, Mary Ramsay, speaks to Sue Atkins. Sue Atkins is an internationally recognised Parenting Expert, Broadcaster, Speaker and Author of the best-selling books “Parenting Made Easy – How to Raise Hap
In this episode, our former CEO, Marguerite Hunter Blair, speaks to Dr Myae Han. Dr Myae Han is a professor of early childhood education at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on play and early literacy lear
In this episode, our Play Pedagogy Award Officer, Fiona Kirkland speaks to Leanne Sweaton. Leanne is the Principal Teacher in Woodmill and Dunfermline Cluster in Fife supporting schools to close the poverty related attai
In this episode, our former CEO Marguerite Hunter Blair speaks to Paul Hoenigmann, Managing Director of Inclusive Play. Paul is passionate about widening access to the physical, social, and cognitive development for all
In this episode, our former CEO Marguerite Hunter Blair speaks to Dr William Bird MBE. Dr William Bird MBE is passionate about getting people active. As a family GP in the 1990s, he pioneered the concept of social prescr
On this epsiode, our Play Pedagogy Award Officer, Fiona Kirkland, speaks to Rebecca Wilkinson-Quinn, Clinical Lead for Scotland, Place2Be. Becky is a qualified Art Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor. Becky comes fro
In this episode, we speak to Julia Jane Gladwin. JJ is a garden designer with 30 years of experience in horticulture. She founded Go Flourish, a charity whose aim is to reconnect children to nature. Go Flourish put well-
In this month's episode, we speak to Dannielle Don, a Youth Development Worker at The MAXwell Centre in Dundee. About Dannielle My journey started in 2014 during a placement with Barnardo’s Growing Up Project, where I wa
On this episode of the podcast, we speak to Niki Buchan about play in nature. Niki has 40 years’ experience in Early Education, works internationally as a conference keynote speaker, nature pedagogue, trainer, and award-
On this episode of the podcast, we speak to Angelica Celinska about working in early years childcare. Angelica is an early childhood advocate, lecturer and founder of The Voice of Early Childhood (TVOEC). Angelica is wor
On this episode of the podcast, we speak to Suzanne Scott and Rodney Mountain who have been creating nature trails across Scotland to encourage families to get out and explore. "I'm enthusiastic about promoting playful c
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Dan Wuori about his work in early years education. Dan Wuori is the Founder and President of Early Childhood Policy Solutions and Strategic Advisor on Early Childhood at the Saul Zaentz
In this podcast episode, we hear from Dr. Mike Wragg and his research on play in care homes. Dr Mike Wragg is a Senior Lecturer on the Childhood Development & Playwork BA (Hons) course at Leeds Beckett University. Mike i
In this episode of the podcast, we hear from Dr. Lorna Arnott and her research on lived experiences of children's play, specifically in technology and digital play before the age of 5. Lorna Arnott is a Reader of Early C
Karen is the leading expert in playwork qualifications in Scotland. She is the curriculum manager at Glasgow Clyde College for Playwork, Childhood Practice, Additional Support Needs, Social Services, and Early Learning a
Dr Sarah Goldsmith has been a playworker and playwork trainer for over twenty years, after finishing a degree in Playwork. Sarah has worked in out of school clubs, adventure playgrounds and as a play ranger. The experien
Dr Stephanie Chambers is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow. She leads a masters programme in Global Health and teaches on health inequalities and programme design and
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