Playworkers Ali Wood and Jill Wood talk about adventure playgrounds and the importance of free-play and risk-taking in a child’s development. Adventure playgrounds are environments where children create their own worlds and build their own play space with a variety of tools and scrap material: lumber, hammers, nails, house paint, yards of fabric, pallets, wooden crates, and plenty of time and freedom. On these sites, children are supported by adults trained in the professional practice of playwork, a unique approach that puts the child’s ideas and objectives first.

Resources:

Where to buy Ali Wood’s book “Reflective Playwork”

• https://www.amazon.com/Reflective-Playwork-all-work-children/dp/1441167684

Jill Wood’s Articles on Adventure Play:

• “Conflict and Play in a Child’s World”
• “More About the Spaces We Love: Adventure Play!”

More info on Bayou City Play:

• https://www.facebook.com/bayoucityplay/

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