Play and Playwork: 101 Stories of Children Playing

1st Edition
0335244653 · 9780335244652
Children like to play. They get all sorts of benefits from playing. They get the most benefit from play when they are in control of what they are doing. Yet there are lots of circumstances today that mean children are not able to control their own pl… Read More
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  • Acknowledgements

    1 Introduction: play and playwork

  • 2 Fun, freedom and flexibility: anything goes
  • 3 The social world of children's play
  • 4 Playful physical activity: challenge, risk and danger
  • 5 Environmental cognitive stimulation
  • 6 Creativity and problem solving
  • 7 Emotional equilibrium: the therapeutic value of play
  • 8 Self realisation, power and control
  • 9 The child's agenda: intervention and adulteration
  • 10 The Colliery Adventure Playground: some personal reflections
  • 11 Therapeutic Playwork Project: extracts from a reflective diary
  • 12 Conclusions: revisiting the concept of compound flexibility

    Appendix: The Playwork Principles

  • Useful web references
  • Bibliography
  • Index