If you spend time around little kids, you may notice one topic seems to be more interesting and hilarious than any other. Children of all ages love to make comments and jokes about bums and poos (as the many popular books on the topic show). Why do kids love “toilet talk” so much? And is it a problem? What does […] … learn more→
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Why do kids want to talk about bums and poos all the time?
Apprenticeships aren’t designed for young people any more
The number of people in England choosing to enrol in an apprenticeship has declined markedly over the past decade. Apprenticeship participation has fallen overall from 908,700 in 2016-17 to 736,500 in 2023-24. Particularly notable has been a shift away from apprenticeships providing introductory skills for young people towards them becoming higher level qualifications for older adults. In 2023-24, 55,660 […] … learn more→
School in the 21st century: a space for emancipation or control?
A geographer attached to an educational sciences laboratory, Pascal Clerc has been working on learning spaces for over ten years. He is particularly interested in the organization of classrooms, but also in playgrounds and open-air schools. Entitled Emancipate or Control? Students and School in the 21st Century , his essay published on August 28, 2024 by Autrement, […] … learn more→
‘Mum, can you play with me?’ It’s important to play with your kids but let them make the rules
Young children love to play with their mums and dads. But for busy parents, it’s often the last thing they feel like doing. Running a home and family, doing paid work and trying to squeeze in some personal time mean parents don’t have a lot of time or energy to play magical princess dragons or […] … learn more→
Why bilinguals may have a memory advantage – new research
Think about being in a conversation with your best friend or partner. How often do you finish each other’s words and sentences? How do you know what they are going to say before they have said it? We like to think it is romantic intuition, but it’s just down to how the human brain works. […] … learn more→
What we lose when we stop drawing
The drawing has been and is for the human being a way of expressing his thoughts. Furthermore, as an artistic manifestation, it helps the balance between reason and emotion, and is a means for the transmission of knowledge. When they draw, children use their experiences to create elements that help them communicate and understand the world […] … learn more→
