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Play PublicationsPLACES for PLAY, a PLAYLINK publicationWhat makes an outdoor space a good place to play? Too often poor design robs children of vital opportunities to learn and be healthy and wastes public money. There is an urgent need to rethink how play is provided for in public. Parents, play providers, politicians, popular opinion - all have a part to play in bringing about change. PLACES for PLAY illustrates some of the many creative ways in which children's play outdoors is being catered for. By demonstrating what is possible, it is intended to inspire a more imaginative approach to the creation of play spaces and public space, one founded on understanding the needs and wishes of children. PLACES for PLAY is a PLAYLINK publication, by Sandra Melville. Order Copies of PLACES for PLAY>> Publications from PLAYLINKPromoting Positive OutcomesA PLAYLINK report, by Bernard Spiegal, on the impact of OFSTED registration on play and open access provision. Worth looking at for its analysis on how children's play opportunities can be constrained when OFSTED inspectors with limited or no understanding of play inspect provision run by providers unable or too timid to articulate an understanding about play and the objectives of play provision. The report is available at: http://www.playlink.org.uk/publications/documents/ppo.pdf. Play as CultureIncorporating Play in Cultural Strategies. Although Government
has moved away from requiring authorities to develop a Cultural
Strategy, this Playlink publication remains relevant for its analysis
of the misconceptions held about play, about how play is a form
of culture, and general points about policy development. Play at SchoolReport on a Playlink project with three primary schools. Raises
general points about organisational change. Further information about PLAYLINK publications, including information on ordering printed copies, is available at: http://www.playlink.org.uk/publications/. Other Play Publications and Sources of InformationOpen for Play, July 2003. Open for Play is designed to help both playproviders and Ofsted inspectors exploit the opportunities offered by the National Daycare Standards to support the development of play provision in line with the recognised values of play and playwork. Available from the National Children's Bureau. Making Sense: Playwork in Practice, a series of everyday play experiences from London-based staffed play settings, these stories demonstrate the richness of play and the complexity of playwork. Available from the National Children's Bureau. Best Play: What Play Provision should do for Children. Best Play is about how children benefit from play opportunities. It is also about how play services and spaces can provide these benefits, and how they can show that they are providing them. |
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