Adventure is in the Mind of the Child

Welcome to PLAYWoRK

In part 1 of our premiere episode, Morgan, Maayan and Erin sit down with American playworker Alex Cote to discuss what playwork is all about. We talk about easy changes you can implement today to better support play and Alex recommends her favorite pet accessory for the playground. Plus Jill Wood, of the Parish School Adventure Playground in Houston, answers the question, “how do you start an adventure playground?”

a few things we mentioned:

Riverdale School where Alex manages the adventure playground.
Lixit hose attachment made water available to kids on the playground.
Alex's Blog
The Parish School Adventure Playground in Houston, Texas. Founded by Jill Wood.
The Playwork Primer, a great place for anyone to start (or return!)

And our recommendations:

Our theme song is Happiness Is by Podington Bear.

Images from the Riverdale Country School playground in New York City:

Children sit and climb around on blue foam Imagination Playground blocks that have been set into the branches of a tree.

Photo is of a contraption of some kind made from rope, wood, and a black tube of some kind. Around it are various miscellaneous objects including plastic crates and buckets.

A child steps gingerly from one rock to another, maneuvering above a flooded muddy area. Another child stands on not flooded ground nearby, and a green hose snakes its way around the background of the image, and a toy truck sits partly submerged in the puddle in the foreground.

Closeup of a hose attached to a faucet on a brick and concrete wall. a child’s hands maneuver some string around the knobs of the faucet.