How Adventure Playgrounds Shape Development, with playworkers Ali Wood and Jill Wood | Episode 3
Playworkers Ali Wood and Jill Wood talk about adventure playgrounds and the importance of free-play and risk-taking in a child’s development. Adventure playgrounds are environments where children create their own worlds and build their own play space with a variety of tools and scrap material: lumber, hammers, nails, house paint, yards of fabric, pallets, wooden crates, and plenty of time and freedom. On these sites, children are supported by adults trained in the professional practice of playwork, a unique approach that puts the child’s ideas and objectives first.
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Where to buy Ali Wood’s book “Reflective Playwork”
Jill Wood’s Articles on Adventure Play:
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