Advice for parents and carers about playing at home for their children:
Play is so important to children that they have a specific right to play under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
These are some resources to help you come up with games and activities to keep you and your children healthy:
- Playboard NI - Playboard are sharing a daily 'play at home idea' for children and young people - find out more at their website here
- Playful Childhoods - find out more at their website here
- Play for all ages – 10 ideas - PlayHooray has 10 play ideas for every primary year group - find out more at their website here
- Playing in the garden - some lovely ideas for playing creatively in the garden. We’re particularly fond of making a dinosaur garden! Don’t worry if you haven’t got plants, anything decorative you have around the house will do! You can find out more at their website here
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Playing indoors - The Scout association has developed some activities for playing at home - you can out more at their website here
