Thanks for taking part in this training.

We know that making changes to your early learning environment can be challenging and want to do everything we can to support your effort. Below are links to related resources you may find helpful.

You may also like this Play Environment Action Plan form we put together–it’s designed to help you meet goals you set for changing your play space.

If you have questions, comments, or need support, you can reach out below in the comments or contact Jeff privately.

Session Resources

Here are links with resources related to this training:

Books

• We Don’t Play With Guns Here
• Embracing Rough-and-Tumble Play
• Risk And Adventure In Early Years Outdoor Play
• Adventure: The Value Of Risk In Children’s Play
• I’M Ok! Building Resilience Through Physical Play
• Killing Monsters
• BOYS: Changing the Classroom, Not the Child
• No Fear
• The Art of Roughhousing
• Let Them Play: An Early Learning (Un)Curriculum
• Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children

Play Face

• Play Face
• Plangry
• Observing Play Face
• I Want To Eat You Face

Other Resources

• Forms | Early Learning Activity Benefit / Risk Assessment
• CCBAG_0497 Benefit Risk Assessment Form
• Supporting School Readiness With Power Play
• Handout | Power Play
• Superhero Play
• Power Play
• CCBAG_0688 Power Play Part 1
• CCBAG_0689 Power Play Part 2
• CCBAG_0690 Power Play Part 3
• Small World Play
• Play Is In The Child, Not The Toy
• Why Destroying Stuff Is Good for Our Kids
• A Child’s Bad Behavior Isn’t ‘Attention-Seeking.’ She’s Seeking A Relationship.RR_0069 POWER
• KURRRR–POW BLAMMMM ZZZZAP Eat Your Peas
• Superheroes and weapon play – for fun and learning
• Beyond Banning War and Superhero Play Meeting Young Children’s Needs in Violent Times
• Dressing up as a superhero might actually give your kid grit
• Play Is In The Child, Not The Toy
• Small World Play
• Bones_0005 Everyone Wants To Be A Superhero
• Childhood Happens Once #39
• Take the Toys from the Boys? An Examination of the Genisis of Policy and the Appropriateness of Adult Perspectives in the Area of War, Weapon and Superhero Play
• Supporting School Readiness With Power Play
• Weapon Play in Early Childhood: How to be Developmentally Appropriate and Responsive to Current Events
• Should nurseries bite the bullet and stop banning children from playing with guns?
• Zero-tolerance stupidity at school
• Stop Tolerating Zero Tolerance
• Children Need Gun Play
• MY TODDLER LOVES GUN PLAY — HERE’S WHY I’M FINALLY LETTING IT GO
• RR_0111 Weapons Play Part 1
• RR_0112 Weapons Play Part 2 (Power and Action Play)
• RR_0113 Weapons Play Part 3 (Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Death)
• RR_0114 Weapons Play Part 4 (Tips For Supporting Weapons Play)
• CCBAG_0731 Weapons Play With Listeners Via Zoom
• 12 Innocuous Household Items My Son Has Turned Into Weapons

Play Resources

Some general resources related to play:

• Handout | Gray’s Conditions Of Play
• Handout | Bruce’s 12 Features Of Play
• Handout | Smilansky’s Types Of Play
• Handout | Parten’s Stages Of Play
• Is It Real Play, Play-Like, Or Not Play?

Observation Forms

• Free Forms | ABC Event Sampling Record
• Free Forms | DAP Observation Form
• Free Forms | Play Space Traffic Study Form
• Free Forms | Frequency Count Observation
• Free Forms | Play Environment Running Record Form
• Free Forms | Child Running Record Form
• Free Forms | Child Observation Form

Playvolution HQ

Links to resources at Playvolution HQ:

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