That’s why National Geographic is at the heart of the first Global Month of Play, a campaign focused on raising awareness of the importance of play. The brainchild of the Real Play Coalition ...

How is play important to newborns? Occupational therapist Linday Carr and physiotherapist Penny Walsh explains why play is so important with new babies. How do children learn to play? 6 styles of ...

Play also gives us something else, the capacity to imagine and to slow wonder.’’ Watch a child become engrossed in building a make-believe spaceship with little more than egg cartons and tin foil.

We spoke to occupational therapist Lindsay Carr and physiotherapist Penny Walsh, to explain more about why play is so important with your newborn. Image caption, Incorporating play into your baby ...