On the first ever episode of The Make Time 2 Play podcast, Georgia Jones is joined by Dr Aric Sigman, a Child Health Educational Specialist, who discusses the important role of physical play in healthy child development and the benefits that physical activity can have on children's mental wellbeing and academic performance. He also discusses the impact that lockdown has had on children's activity levels over the past year and gives parents and carers tips on how they can get their children to be more active. 


Discussing the benefits of physical play with Dr Aric Sigman

In this week's episode, Georgia chats with Tom Purser from the National Autistic Society for an enlightening episode discussing the role of play in autism and the importance of changing attitudes towards the behaviours and play patterns of autistic children, as well as lots of tips on play idea suggestions for autistic children.


Toys and play for autistic children

In this week's episode, Georgia chats with Paul Breen and Chantelle Tovee from the charity Over The Wall. Over The Wall supports children who are battling serious illnesses, by putting on activity camps in a safe environment for the children and their families. The camps allow the children to participate in activities they wouldn't usually be able to do without the help of Over The Wall, and ensures that play is accessible to all!


Helping children with serious illnesses build confidence through play, with Over The Wall

This week Georgia chats to Faith Robyn from the National Deaf Children's Society about the importance of toys and play for young deaf children. 
Faith provides tips for the best types of play activities for deaf children as well as talking about the importance to have deaf children represented in toys, books and the media to help them feel like they're not alone. 


Toys and play for young deaf children

Dr Amanda Gummer joins Georgia Jones on this week's episode to discuss learning through play. They discuss the important role that toys play in child development and the different benefits from playing with different types of toys. Dr Gummer also explains how children can learn through play based education.


Rebecca Deeming