When I was growing up (a long time ago), when you moved house to a new suburb or city you would normally make friends at your new school and neighborhood through playing. As these connections developed the parents would meet and get to know each other and thus the new family become a part of…
As the Magic Play Box Guy, I am often telling adults to remember their childhood play memories and to dig into their play history to support the discussion on the importance of play. Dr Stuart Brown1 mentions play history and writes, ‘I say “back” into your life because almost all of us were full-on players…
Over the last approximately 15 years, I have talked about play to sport coaches, parents, teachers or school staff, and in the last 4 years, business owners and managers. The reason the title includes the word REPLAY is that very early on in the discussion, with all these adults, I mention what play looked like…
Growing up in the 70’s we seemed to have endless resources to play with whether it was in natural settings with tree branches, rocks and stones, water, mud and sand or treasures from the piles of inorganic rubbish which use to be piled up on the side of the road for weeks before being collected, or piles of wood and old bricks from building sites.
Growing up in the 70’s we seemed to have endless resources to play with whether it was in natural settings with tree branches, rocks and stones, water, mud and sand or treasures from the piles of inorganic rubbish which use to be piled up on the side of the road for weeks before being collected, or piles of wood and old bricks from building sites.