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The Playwork Primer

Source: Penny Wilson: Alliance for Childhood 2009
The Playwork Primer.pdf435.09 KB

The Gift of Nature

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RIchard Louv: Parks and Recreation May 1st 2009

The Gift of Nature, Richard Louv.pdf62.92 KB

Rain Gardens: The Gardening Show

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John Patrick ABC Gardening Program 2008

Rain Gardens, The Gardening Show90.7 KB

Mud Pies and Daisy Chains: connecting young children and nature

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Sue Elliot and Julie Davis

Mud Pies and Daisy Chains Sue Elliott & Julie Davis82.61 KB

Learning Naturally: gardening with children

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Extract from Putting Children First, the magazine of the National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC) Issue 35 September 2010 (Pages 18-20)

Learning Naturally, Gardening with Children486.71 KB

Healthy Parks, Healthy People: the health benefits of contact with nature in a park context

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Deakin University

Healthy Parks, Healthy People, the health benefits of contact with nature1002.39 KB

Grow Me Instead: a guide for gardeners in the Gipplsand area

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Wellingtong Shire, East Gipplsland Shire and Latrobe City

Grow Me Instead, A Guide for Gardeners in the Gippsland Area.pdf6.69 MB

Givings and Misgivings

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Michael Luenig, December 18th, 2009

Givings and misgivings-Trees-Michael Leunig December 19, 200.pdf135.2 KB

Children’s active free play in local neighborhoods: a behavioral mapping study

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Jenny Veitch

Veitch et al 2007 Health Education Research.pdf83.36 KB

Children's perception of the use of public open space for active free-play

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Jenny Veitch, Jo Salmonand Kylie Ball

Veitch-et-al-2007-Children-Geographies134.55 KB

Where do children usually play?

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Health & Place 12 (2006) 383–393

Veitch et al 2006 Health and Place.pdf192.7 KB

Urban myths about children's playgrounds

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Child Accident Prevention Trust

Urban Myths re Childrens views of Play Equipment.pdf31.42 KB

The Power of Trails: for promoting physical activity in communities

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Active Living Research

The Power of Trails: for promoting physical activity in communities708.17 KB

The economic benefits of open space, recreation facilities and walkable community design

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Active Living Research

The Economic Benefits of OpenSpace, Recreation Faciities and Walkable Community Design.pdf323 KB

Active Education: Pysical Education, Physical Activity and Academic Performance

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Active Living Research

Physical Education, Physical Activity and Academic Performance540.02 KB