The Nature Of Inclusive Play

Author : Amy Wagenfeld,Chad Kennedy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781003805755

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The Nature of Inclusive Play by Amy Wagenfeld,Chad Kennedy Pdf

This book provides designers, planners, educators, and therapists with the practical information required to remove inequity in outdoor spaces, by creating inviting and inclusive solutions so that all children and their families, regardless of situation or circumstance, can experience the joys and benefits of outdoor play without stigma. It is the first of its kind, co-written by an occupational therapist and landscape architect both with proven expertise in inclusive play space design. The Nature of Inclusive Play fills an untapped niche in promoting the value of outdoor play. It focuses on what embodies play and shows how, through inclusive outdoor play design, developmental skills can be enriched. The topics covered in the book include: • a discussion of the health benefits associated with being outdoors • the history of and value of play • an overview of typical child development • the importance of sensory regulation • an inclusive design review process • design guidelines. All topics are supplemented with nine applicable case studies of inclusive outdoor play spaces with features that reflect inclusive+ principles, including examples from North America and Africa. It is a much-needed guide for landscape architects, urban planners, allied health care professionals, early childhood educators, academics, and students.

Author : Theresa Casey
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781446247754

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Inclusive Play by Theresa Casey Pdf

This extremely practical and child-focused book gives you the tools you need to make sure all the children in your care are included and involved in the play opportunities of your setting. Inside the second edition, new content includes: - consideration of the early years curricula across the whole of the UK - a new chapter on risk and challenge in play - new case studies - international perspectives - full coverage of the Birth to Eight age range - consideration of inclusive play from a children′s rights perspective A key book for those in practice, and underpinned by sound theory, this book will help you encourage and support inclusive play throughout your setting; it is packed with activities for you to try, ideas for small changes to make that can have a big impact and clear guidance on writing a play policy. With a focus on appreciating children as individuals, this book is essential for all early years practitioners and those studying early years at any level. Theresa Casey is a freelance consultant based in Scotland, and President of the International Play Association. Specialising in play and children′s rights, inclusion and children′s environments, Theresa Casey Consultancy provides tailor-made services for organisations working for and with children.

Author : Theresa Casey
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781848608542

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Inclusive Play by Theresa Casey Pdf

Using tried-and-tested approaches, this book illustrates how to help all young chilren feel included and have an opportunity to engage in meaningful play.

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Playgrounds
ISBN : 9780788126925

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The Universal Playground by DIANE Publishing Company Pdf

This document will: assist schools in planning playgrounds for children of all abilities; show ways that this can be done using limited resources; and suggest ways that such universal playgrounds can contribute to the overall educational objectives being developed in BC. This document will help organize the planning; identify the most useful applications; and determine the resources required. Can be utilized to augment individualized programs developed for students with special needs. Bibliography. Checklists and survey forms.

Author : Angharad E. Beckett,Anne-Marie Callus
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003819554

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The Lives of Children and Adolescents with Disabilities by Angharad E. Beckett,Anne-Marie Callus Pdf

This book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in disability studies, childhood studies, medicine and health sciences, and sociology. It also provides insights that will be of use and value to professionals working with disabled children and adolescents in education, health and in disability-specific services. Opening with four narratives that offer the reader a window into the lived experience of disabled children, adolescents and their families, subsequent chapters explore a range of issues facing disabled children from early childhood through to late adolescence. Topics include family life, early intervention, inclusive and post-secondary education, the right to play, digital participation, the effects of labelling and matters relating to agency and sexuality. With chapters discussing research from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden and the UK amongst others, this book: • contributes to the existing body of knowledge about the lives of disabled children and adolescents, with a focus on socially created disabling factors; • provides the reader with analysis of issues affecting disabled children and adolescents according to different conceptual frameworks, national contexts and with regard to different types of impairments/disabilities; • highlights the main issues that confront disabled children and adolescents, their families and their allies in the early twenty-first century; • highlights the importance of actively listening to the perspectives of disabled children and adolescents. It provides a rich source of knowledge and information about the lives of disabled children and adolescents, and a variety of perspectives on how their lives are affected by material and non-material factors, social structures and cultural constructions.

Author : Nancy Striniste
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781604698961

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Nature Play at Home by Nancy Striniste Pdf

Access to technology has created a generation of children who are more plugged in than ever before—often with negative consequences. Unrestricted outdoor play reduces stress, improves health, and enhances creativity, learning, and attention span. In Nature Play at Home, Nancy Striniste gives caregivers the tools they need to make outdoor adventures possible in their homes, schools, and neighborhoods. With hundreds of inspiring ideas and 12 illustrated, step-by-step projects, this hardworking book details how to create playspaces that use natural materials—like logs, boulders, sand, water, and plants of all kinds. Projects include hillside slides, seating circles, sand pits, and more. Accessible, research-based, and timely, Nature Play atHome is a must-have for modern parents and caregivers.

Author : Theresa Casey
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781446243138

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Inclusive Play by Theresa Casey Pdf

This extremely practical and child-focused book gives you the tools you need to make sure all the children in your care are included and involved in the play opportunities of your setting. Inside the second edition, new content includes: - consideration of the early years curricula across the whole of the UK - a new chapter on risk and challenge in play - new case studies - international perspectives - full coverage of the Birth to Eight age range - consideration of inclusive play from a children′s rights perspective A key book for those in practice, and underpinned by sound theory, this book will help you encourage and support inclusive play throughout your setting; it is packed with activities for you to try, ideas for small changes to make that can have a big impact and clear guidance on writing a play policy. With a focus on appreciating children as individuals, this book is essential for all early years practitioners and those studying early years at any level. Theresa Casey is a freelance consultant based in Scotland, and President of the International Play Association. Specialising in play and children′s rights, inclusion and children′s environments, Theresa Casey Consultancy provides tailor-made services for organisations working for and with children.

Author : Jane Waters-Davies
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781529786545

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Introduction to Play by Jane Waters-Davies Pdf

The go-to textbook for everything you need to know about play! Covering ages 0-8, this book explores what play is, why it matters and where and how play happens. Taking you from start to finish on your course, it helps you: Think critically about play and play provision Understand what good practice looks like See how theory translates into real-world settings Explore the issues, debates, and challenges within play and early learning

Author : Liv Torunn Grindheim,Hanne Værum Sørensen,Angela Rekers
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030725952

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Outdoor Learning and Play by Liv Torunn Grindheim,Hanne Værum Sørensen,Angela Rekers Pdf

This Open Access book examines children’s participation in dialectical reciprocity with place-based institutional practices by presenting empirical research from Australia, Brazil, China, Poland, Norway and Wales. Underpinned by cultural-historical theory, the analysis reveals how outdoors and nature form unique conditions for children's play, formal and informal learning and cultural formation. The analysis also surfaces how inequalities exist in societies and communities, which often limit and constrain families' and children's access to and participation in outdoor spaces and nature. The findings highlight how institutional practices are shaped by pedagogical content, teachers' training, institutional regulations and societal perceptions of nature, children and suitable, sustainable education for young children. Due to crises, such as climate change and the recent pandemic, specific focus on the outdoors and nature in cultural formation is timely for the cultural-historical theoretical tradition. In doing so, the book provides empirical and theoretical support for policy makers, researchers, educators and families to enhance, increase and sustain outdoor and nature education.

Author : Robin C. Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 099077130X

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Nature Play & Learning Places by Robin C. Moore Pdf

Author : Annie Woods
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136206214

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Child-Initiated Play and Learning by Annie Woods Pdf

Planning is central to the role of any early years practitioner and involves careful consideration of resources and the learning environment, learning outcomes, observation and assessment and the unique abilities of individual children. This is a big ask and in a busy setting it can be a challenge to adopt a flexible, creative approach to planning that embraces the unexpected rather than relying on templates or existing schemes of work. This book takes a fresh look at planning to consider the possibilities that should be encouraged when playing alongside young children. It shows how a creative approach that allows for spontaneous adventures in play through child-led projects leads to rich learning experiences that build on children’s own interests. Drawing on practice from Reggio Emilia, New Zealand , Scandinavia and settings in the UK, the book covers all aspects of planning including: using observations of children to enable them to lead projects; organisation of indoor and outdoor learning environments; inclusive practice; learning through risk taking and adventure play; working with parents and carers; encouraging the team to consider different ways of working. Including encounters from authentic settings and provocative questions for reflective practice, this timely new text aims to give students and practitioners the confidence to adopt a flexible approach to planning that will better meet the needs of the children in their care. The authors are experienced lecturers, practitioners, mentors and assessors. Working with students, visiting placements, training teachers and early years professionals, they provide a sense of real purpose in their writing and enjoyment in the themes made explicit throughout this book.

Author : Tim Waller,Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér,Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter,Libby Lee-Hammond,Kristi Lekies,Shirley Wyver
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781526415516

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The SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning by Tim Waller,Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér,Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter,Libby Lee-Hammond,Kristi Lekies,Shirley Wyver Pdf

A coordinated and comprehensive volume of international research on this subject edited by members of the well-established European Early Childhood Education Research Association Outdoor Play and Learning SIG (OPAL).

Author : Avril Brock,Sylvia Dodds,Pam Jarvis,Yinka Olusoga
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317864738

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Perspectives on Play by Avril Brock,Sylvia Dodds,Pam Jarvis,Yinka Olusoga Pdf

This book presents a review and critical analysis of research in the field whilst exploring development in the early childhood years from a broad range of multi-disciplinary perspectives. Brock's approach will offer a dynamic perspective on the practice of play that will rival existing texts currently on the market, it will be a valuable asset for any student studying for an Early Childhood, Childhood, or Education Studies degree.

Author : Bernard De Koven
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781304351821

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A Playful Path by Bernard De Koven Pdf

A Playful Path, the new book by games guru and fun theorist Bernard De Koven, serves as a collection of ideas and tools to help us bring our playfulness back into the open. When we find ourselves forgetting the life of the game or the game of life, the joy of form or the content, the play of brain or mind, body or spirit, this book can help us return to that which our soul is heir.

Author : Susan G. Solomon
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781611686111

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The Science of Play by Susan G. Solomon Pdf

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.