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Playwork is the work of creating and maintaining spaces for children to play. The theory and practice of playwork recognises that children 's play should ideally be "freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated."
Playworks operates in low-income elementary schools, meaning that at least 50 percent of enrollment must be eligible for free and reduced lunches. For schools that do not meet low-income requirements, Playworks training programs teach parents, educators and staff how to incorporate healthy play during school recesses.
Play:groundNYC hosts film screenings and panel discussions related to adventure playgrounds, playwork, "risky play," and racial, socio-economic, and other barriers to free play, such as "play-averse schooling regimes."
Pop-Up Adventure Play was first founded in the United States with support from Fractured Atlas [2] in order to translate the UK playwork tradition for use in the US. [3] It was later established as a Private company limited by guarantee, and then a charity, in the United Kingdom.
Play value from a child development perspective is enhanced by toys and games that help children develop skills useful for further learning and mastery such as Scrabble and The Game of Life [7] In playwork terms - play value is the individual child's subjective assessment of the space and the equipment available to them, rather than a pre ...
A modern-day playground in Argos, Peloponnese, Greece "The Golem" - a giant monster with three red tongues protruding from its mouth, which serve as playground slides, Jerusalem, made by the sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle
An adventure playground is a specific type of playground for children. Adventure playgrounds can take many forms, ranging from "natural playgrounds" to "junk playgrounds", and are typically defined by an ethos of unrestricted play, the presence of playworkers (or "wardens"), and the absence of adult-manufactured or rigid play-structures.
Kiddie City Toy Stores were started around 1957 in Philadelphia as toy supermarkets. By the early 1970s, Lionel had purchased the chain and grew it to 150 stores, under the names Lionel Kiddie City, Lionel Playworld, and Lionel Toy Warehouse (rebranded as Lionel Kiddie City in 1990).