Did you know that boredom can be good for children? When children are bored, they’re forced to use their problem-solving skills, creative thinking and imagination to play. In this episode of Raising Learners, play specialist Cat Sewell joins Professor Julie Green to discuss creative ways to turn boredom into an opportunity for exploration, connection and learning.

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Boredom: how it helps children’s play and development
Why play is important
Free time to play: why it's important for children
Imagining, creating and play: school-age children

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Victorian Department of Education and Training

Did you know that boredom can be good for children? When children are bored, they&rsquo;re forced to use their problem-solving skills, creative thinking and imagination to play. In this episode of Raising Learners, play specialist Cat Sewell joins Professor Julie Green to discuss creative ways to turn boredom into an opportunity for exploration, connection and learning.
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<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/babies/videos/boredom-play-development">Boredom: how it helps children&rsquo;s play and development</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/guides/first-1000-days/play/why-play-is-important">Why play is important</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/babies/videos/free-time-to-play">Free time to play: why it's important for children</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/play-media-technology/play-school-age-development/imagining-play-school-children">Imagining, creating and play: school-age children</a></li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/_media/external-links/v/victorian-department-of-education-and-training">Victorian Department of Education and Training</a></li>
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Want to help your child thrive as they learn? Raising Learners is the podcast for parents of school age kids, where we share practical advice, tips and ideas for supporting your child’s health, wellbeing and engagement at school. You’ll discover: how to connect with your child’s school and community, how to best support your child’s learning, what to expect for VCE & VCAL students, how to keep your child safe online, plus more. Featuring experts from organisations including the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Career Education Association Victoria and Julie Inman-Grant, the Australian eSafety Commissioner. Presented by raisingchildren.net.au with support from the Department of Education and Training Victoria. For further resources and podcast transcripts, visit raisingchildren.net.au/podcast

Want to help your child thrive as they learn? Raising Learners is the podcast for parents of school age kids, where we share practical advice, tips and ideas for supporting your child&rsquo;s health, wellbeing and engagement at school. You&rsquo;ll discover: how to connect with your child&rsquo;s school and community, how to best support your child&rsquo;s learning, what to expect for VCE &amp; VCAL students, how to keep your child safe online, plus more. Featuring experts from organisations including the Murdoch Children&rsquo;s Research Institute, Career Education Association Victoria and Julie Inman-Grant, the Australian eSafety Commissioner. Presented by <a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/podcast">raisingchildren.net.au</a> with support from the Department of Education and Training Victoria. For further resources and podcast transcripts, visit <a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/podcast">raisingchildren.net.au/podcast</a>

Raising Learners

Boredom: helping children make the most of it

When you’re active in your school community, your child gets many academic and social benefits. Being active at school is also good for you.It gives you the chance to contribute to the school and meet other parents in your local area. In this episode of Raising Learners, Professor Julie Green talks with Gail McHardy, Executive Officer of Parents Victoria, about how you can be engaged at school. Parents Victoria is a state-wide democratic organisation representing parents of students in Victorian government schools.

When you&rsquo;re active in your school community, your child gets many academic and social benefits. Being active at school is also good for you.It gives you the chance to contribute to the school and meet other parents in your local area. In this episode of Raising Learners, Professor Julie Green talks with Gail McHardy, Executive Officer of Parents Victoria, about how you can be engaged at school. Parents Victoria is a state-wide democratic organisation representing parents of students in Victorian government schools.

Being active in your school community

Missing a day of school every now and then is normal. But sometimes children and teenagers become disconnected from learning. They might even avoid school or refuse to go. It can be a serious issue. In this episode of Raising Learners, Genevieve Higgins, head of the Jesuit Social Services’ Navigator program, joins Professor Julie Green. They discuss how parents and schools can work together to help children and young people reengage and reconnect with school and learning environments.

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School refusal: children 5-8 years
Truancy and school refusal: 9-15 years
School problems: helping children 9-15 years
Anxiety at school: autistic children and teenagers
Talking about school
Building a relationship with your child’s school
Problem-solving strategies for parents and teachers
Communication with school: autistic teenagers

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Victorian Department of Education and Training

Missing a day of school every now and then is normal. But sometimes children and teenagers become disconnected from learning. They might even avoid school or refuse to go. It can be a serious issue. In this episode of Raising Learners, Genevieve Higgins, head of the Jesuit Social Services&rsquo; Navigator program, joins Professor Julie Green. They discuss how parents and schools can work together to help children and young people reengage and reconnect with school and learning environments.
Find out more on raisingchildren.net.au
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<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/school-learning/school-refusal/school-refusal">School refusal: children 5-8 years</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/school-education/truancy-other-school-problems/truancy-9-15-years">Truancy and school refusal: 9-15 years</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/school-education/truancy-other-school-problems/school-problems-helping-9-15-years">School problems: helping children 9-15 years</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/school-play-work/school/anxiety-at-school-asd">Anxiety at school: autistic children and teenagers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/school-learning/school-homework-tips/talking-about-school">Talking about school</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/school-education/working-with-schools-teachers/relationship-with-school">Building a relationship with your child&rsquo;s school</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/school-learning/working-with-schools-teachers/problem-solving-for-parents-teachers">Problem-solving strategies for parents and teachers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/school-play-work/autism-spectrum-disorder-secondary-school/communication-with-school-teens-with-asd">Communication with school: autistic teenagers</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/_media/external-links/v/victorian-department-of-education-and-training">Victorian Department of Education and Training</a></li>
</ul>

Helping children and teenagers reconnect with school

Supporting your child’s social and emotional development is an important part of being a parent. It’s also an important part of school and learning for children. In this episode of Raising Learners Vikki Ryall, Executive Director, Clinical Practice at Headspace and Mary Sayers, CEO Children and Young people with Disability Australia join Derek McCormack to discuss what’s important for social and emotional development at different ages and stage and how parents can play a supportive role with that development.

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Emotions and play: school-age children
Social and emotional changes: 9-15 years
Autism: social & emotional development
School-age: development tracker
Pre-teen development: what to expect
Teenage development: what to expect
School-age friendships: how to support them
Teenage friends and friendships
Friends and peers: autistic children and teenagers

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Victorian Department of Education and Training

Supporting your child&rsquo;s social and emotional development is an important part of being a parent. It&rsquo;s also an important part of school and learning for children. In this episode of Raising Learners Vikki Ryall, Executive Director, Clinical Practice at Headspace and Mary Sayers, CEO Children and Young people with Disability Australia join Derek McCormack to discuss what&rsquo;s important for social and emotional development at different ages and stage and how parents can play a supportive role with that development.
Find out more on raisingchildren.net.au
<ul>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/play-media-technology/play-school-age-development/emotions-play-school-age">Emotions and play: school-age children</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/development/social-emotional-development/social-emotional-changes-9-15-years">Social and emotional changes: 9-15 years</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/development/social-emotional-development">Autism: social &amp; emotional development</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/development/development-tracker">School-age: development tracker</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/development/understanding-your-pre-teen/pre-teen-development">Pre-teen development: what to expect</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/development/understanding-your-teenager/teen-development">Teenage development: what to expect</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/behaviour/friends-siblings/supporting-friendships">School-age friendships: how to support them</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/behaviour/peers-friends-trends/teen-friendships">Teenage friends and friendships</a></li>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/communicating-relationships/connecting/friends-peers-asd">Friends and peers: autistic children and teenagers</a></li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://raisingchildren.net.au/_media/external-links/v/victorian-department-of-education-and-training">Victorian Department of Education and Training</a></li>
</ul>

Boredom: helping children make the most of it

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