Debates and Blogs

"The
scraps of lore which children learn from each other are at once more real, more
immediately serviceable and vastly more entertaining to them than anything which
they learn from grown-ups." Opie
and Opie – The Lore and Language of School Children We
will build a knowledge base to enable a better understanding of children’s local
language, learning, relationships, cultures and behaviours. In so doing we will
answer a number of questions: What if......
- 80% of Play occurs naturally and outside of adult led activity?
- Play is a necessary human activity for subjective well being?
- Play isn’t a job but the business of families and communities?
- Play Entertainment is as valuable as "Learning Through Play"
and that we can "Play Simply For Fun?
- Children need stories to help them understand their world?
- Play was something we all did not just children?
- We could all learn from the people that are great at playing?
- We could create the most family friendly places in the world
in the NW?
- There was a way to ensure “Lifetime Financing” for children’s
activities and the answer to complex social issues was to do things
simpler?
- Society’s view of childhood is different than children’s experience
of it?
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