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Podcast: Arts & Ideas
Episode: Childhood and play
Description: How do children develop language and experiment with sounds? What toys help them develop? And, how they explain their games? As the Young V&A, previously the Museum of Childhood, opens in East London, Anne McElvoy hosts a discussion looking at the history of play. Does our interest in children's play tells us more about them or, the adults who care for them?Dr Helen Charman, is the Director of the revamped Young V&A in East LondonDr Yinka Olusoga is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Sheffield. Her research interests focus...