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Mud, Mud, Mud! The internet’s largest list of muddy activities for children and families.
Muddy Smiles
The Pandemic Play Project
Where there are children, there is play. It is a universal impulse, as old as humanity. Physical play, verbal play, friendship play, solitary play – it is the exercise of body and imagination, marked by humour, challenge, invention and exploration. As essential to childhood as food and drink.
Dr. June Factor
Judy McKinty
In Britain’s Playgrounds, ‘Bringing in Risk’ to Build Resilience
The Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School looked critically around their campus and set about, as one of them put it, 'bringing in risk'. Out went the plastic playhouses and in came the dicey stuff: stacks of two-by-fours, crates and loose bricks. The schoolyard got a mud pit, a tire swing, log stumps and workbenches with hammers and saws.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/world/europe/britain-playgrounds-ris…
The New York Times
The Things that Matter: Views of 8-12 year olds on life, school and community
South Australian Commissioner for Children and Young People
In praise of boredom: a lockdown story
Melbourne writer Doug Hendrie gives us a refreshing take on his family's learnings from the 2020 Pandemic. Doug's recent article featured in The Age, and speaks to how the lockdown gave him and his children the freedom to be bored!
By Doug Hendrie - Melbourne Writer November 28, 2020
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/in-praise-of-boredom-a-lock…
The Age
Every move counts towards better health – says WHO
WHO statistics show that one in four adults, and four out of five adolescents, do not get enough physical activity. Globally this is estimated to cost US$54 billion in direct health care and another US$14 billion to lost productivity:
https://www.who.int/news/item/25-11-2020-every-move-counts-towards-bett…
World Health Organisation
Streets Ahead - An Interactive Place Study
From Barcelona to Bogotá, cities around the developed world are instigating measures to reduce car usage and retain, within reason, this more peaceful state. Put simply, some of our streets are better off without cars.
ERA-CO + WOODS BAGOT
Where Will All The Trees Be?
The 2020 update of green cover benchmarking in our cities and suburbs.
Green Spaces Better Places
20 Things to notice in national parks, botanic gardens and other natural spaces
Nature Play SA
5 Reasons Playing Is Important For Your Child's Heart Health
Playground Professionals LLC (PGP)
