The event has been organised by TACTYC, a group of researchers, trainers and practitioners in early years, to highlight the role of play in early education. They fear that although there appears to have been a focus on play in general, the part it plays in young children's educational development has been neglected. TACTYC chair Pat Broadhead, Professor of Playful Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University, said, 'We want to draw attention to the relatively small amount of research on play and learning in early...