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Author : Susan G. Solomon
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1584655178
A compelling history, a manifesto, and a manual for change.
Author : Biondo, Brenda
Publisher : ForeEdge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781611685121
Before today's safety-minded structures of wood and plastic, America's playgrounds were full of tottering seesaws, dizzying merry-go-rounds, and towering metal slides. Documenting the evolution of American playgrounds between 1920 and 1975, Once Upon a Playground is a visual tribute to these iconic structures, celebrating their place in our culture and the collective memories of generations. In it, contemporary photos of vintage pieces of playground equipment are juxtaposed with images of the very same pieces as they were shown in classic catalogs, postcards, and photographs. The result is a haunting time capsule showing a rapidly vanishing part of our country's cultural heritage. Whatever the playgrounds of your childhood looked like, the gorgeous photographs in this book will transport you back in time and remind you of just how important play can really be.
Author : Everett Bird Mero
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Playgrounds
ISBN : UOM:39015008239090
Author : Susan G. Solomon
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781611686111
Poor design and wasted funding characterize today's American playgrounds. A range of factors--including a litigious culture, overzealous safety guidelines, and an ethos of risk aversion--have created uniform and unimaginative playgrounds. These spaces fail to nurture the development of children or promote playgrounds as an active component in enlivening community space. Solomon's book demonstrates how to alter the status quo by allying data with design. Recent information from the behavioral sciences indicates that kids need to take risks; experience failure but also have a chance to succeed and master difficult tasks; learn to plan and solve problems; exercise self-control; and develop friendships. Solomon illustrates how architects and landscape architects (most of whom work in Europe and Japan) have already addressed these needs with strong, successful playground designs. These innovative spaces, many of which are more multifunctional and cost effective than traditional playgrounds, are both sustainable and welcoming. Having become vibrant hubs within their neighborhoods, these play sites are models for anyone designing or commissioning an urban area for children and their families. The Science of Play, a clarion call to use playground design to deepen the American commitment to public space, will interest architects, landscape architects, urban policy makers, city managers, local politicians, and parents.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Play
ISBN : OSU:32435023974850
Author : Carroll Pursell
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781421416502
How technology shapes play in America—and vice versa. In this romp through the changing landscape of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American toys, games, hobbies, and amusements, senior historian of technology Carroll Pursell poses a simple but interesting question: What can we learn by studying the relationship between technology and play? From Playgrounds to PlayStation explores how play reflects and drives the evolution of American culture. Pursell engagingly examines the ways in which technology affects play and play shapes people. The objects that children (and adults) play with and play on, along with their games and the hobbies they pursue, can reinforce but also challenge gender roles and cultural norms. Inventors—who often talk about "playing" at their work, as if motivated by the pure fun of invention—have used new materials and technologies to reshape sports and gameplay, sometimes even crafting new, extreme forms of recreation, but always responding to popular demand. Drawing from a range of sources, including scholarly monographs, patent records, newspapers, and popular and technical journals, the book covers numerous modes and sites of play. Pursell touches on the safety-conscious playground reform movement, the dazzling mechanical innovations that gave rise to commercial amusement parks, and the media's colorful promotion of toys, pastimes, and sporting events. Along the way, he shows readers how technology enables the forms, equipment, and devices of play to evolve constantly, both reflecting consumer choices and driving innovators and manufacturers to promote toys that involve entirely new kinds of play—from LEGOs and skateboards to beading kits and videogames.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Playgrounds
ISBN : MINN:31951D02591361L
Author : Heather M. Olsen,Susan D. Hudson,Donna Thompson
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781605544618
Play is important for cognitive, emotional, and physical development of children. Use the four components experts have identified for safety: supervision, age-appropriate design, fall-surfacing that contains approved materials, and equipment maintenance. This handbook is what you need to maintain an existing, or to create a new, pleasing, and challenging playground that is safe, but not boring. Heather M. Olsen, EdD, is executive director of the National Program for Playground Safety. Susan D. Hudson, PhD, has been an educator, consultant, and practitioner in the field of leisure, youth, and human services for over thirty-nine years. Donna Thompson, PhD, founded the National Program for Playground Safety.
Author : Carlton S. Van Doren,Louis Hodges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Government publications
ISBN : PSU:000064020952
Author : Craig H. Hart
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791414671
This book focuses on key issues and current research evidence of links between children's behavior in outdoor play environments and children's development. Specific attention is given to ways that outdoor play environments are extensions of other development settings, like the classroom or family. Since most work up to this point has focused on development in indoor classroom settings or in other developmental contexts, this book makes an important contribution.
Author : Moncrieff Cochran,Rebecca S. New
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1449 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780313014482
Early childhood education has reached a level of unprecedented national and international focus. Parents, policy makers, and politicians have opinions as well as new questions about what, how, when, and where young children should learn. Teachers and program administrators now find curriculum discussions linked to dramatic new understandings about children's early learning and brain development. Early childhood education is also a major topic of concern internationally, as social policy analysts point to its role in a nation's future economic outlook. As a groundbreaking contribution to its field, this four-volume handbook discusses key historical and contemporary issues, research, theoretical perspectives, national policies, and practices.
Author : Erica B. Simmons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0742549380
Hadassah and the Zionist Project offers a fresh perspective on Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America and the largest women's organization in the United States, telling the fascinating story of how American Jewish women played a leading role in achieving Zionist goals and shaping the state of Israel. The book also traces Hadassah's involvement in the child rescue movement, which saved thousands of children from Nazi-occupied Europe, as well as from the beleaguered Jewish communities of the Middle East and North Africa. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Education
ISBN : WISC:89035522101
Author : Everett B. Mero
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Playgrounds
ISBN : OCLC:221793412
Author : Robert Gregg,Gary W. McDonogh,Cindy H. Wong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781134719297
As a meeting point for world cultures, the USA is characterized by its breadth and diversity. Acknowledging that diversity is the fundamental feature of American culture, this volume is organized around a keen awareness of race, gender, class and space and with over 1,200 alphabetically-arranged entries - spanning 'the American century' from the end of World War II to the present day - the Encyclopedia provides a one-stop source for insightful and stimulating coverage of all aspects of that culture. Entries range from short definitions to longer overview essays and with full cross-referencing, extensive indexing, and a thematic contents list, this volume provides an essential cultural context for both teachers and students of American studies, as well as providing fascinating insights into American culture for the general reader. The suggestions for further reading, which follows most entries, are also invaluable guides to more specialized sources.
