Parenting: The Importance of Play

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

How much are we squeezing play out of our children’s days, our institutions and spaces? Michael Rosen, author of ‘Book of Play’ joins Jenni to talk about why play matters to both children and adults – and to share tips on how we can get more of it in our lives.

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Fladiated.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:25.0	searching and a lot more auction. Listen on BBC Sounds. Just before this
0:30.4	BBC podcast gets underway here's something you may not know.
0:34.0	My name's Linda Davies and I commission podcast for BBC Sounds.
0:38.0	As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.
0:47.6	What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,
0:54.4	poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories.
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0:59.7	If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds.
1:05.8	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
1:10.8	Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to this week's podcast for parents.
1:16.0	Now Michael Rosen's voice is not an unfamiliar one to Radio 4 listeners.
1:22.0	He's the presenter of Word of mouth. He's a former
1:25.6	children's laureate and I'm sure lots of you will have read his stories and his
1:31.1	poems to your children.
1:33.0	Well, his new book is called Michael Rosen's Book of Play.
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