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Design with Play: A Playground of Our Youth: Yellowknife
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An assemblage of musings about Play. sharing what we're intrigued by. Wednesday, August 13, 2014. A Playground of Our Youth: Yellowknife. The most important memories of my school playground were not necessarily from play equipment, but how we interacted with the landscape: the local landscape of the school's particular site, and the landscape elements that it shared with the entire region. I like the fact my school had a crest - J.H. Sissons Elementary School. Equipment nestled into existing greenspace.
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Design with Play: The Play Charter
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An assemblage of musings about Play. sharing what we're intrigued by. Wednesday, August 20, 2014. As we've mentioned, we're working with the Municipality of Anchorage on the development of a Strategic Plan for Inclusive Playgrounds. Our current blog goal is to target our posts specific to our thoughts and findings as they relate to the development of playgrounds where play is open to all, and barriers to universal access are reduced as much as possible (with a desire to be eliminated). Play takes place w...
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Design with Play: July 2012
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An assemblage of musings about Play. sharing what we're intrigued by. Thursday, July 26, 2012. In a previous post ( What Winter Does to Play. We showed the changes that a playground goes through in the winter when we have a lot of snow ( Eccles Elementary School Playground - Cordova, Alaska. Some scale on the amount of snow. Posted by Peter Briggs. A Love for Play. We've been working closely with Exerplay. St Kilda Adventure Playground - Interaction for All. Posted by Peter Briggs. Posted by Peter Briggs.
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Design with Play: Imagination Playground
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An assemblage of musings about Play. sharing what we're intrigued by. Thursday, June 17, 2010. Specifically for the loose parts playground, the "Imagination Playground" is a new model for unprescribed play and illustrates the effectiveness of simplicity when young mind are provided the opportunity to give form to their own playspace. Imagination Playground - http:/ http/ imaginationplayground.org/. Posted by Corvus Design. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Power of Tinkering and Risk.
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Design with Play: August 2011
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An assemblage of musings about Play. sharing what we're intrigued by. Friday, August 26, 2011. How Playgrounds Get (mis) used. In watching this, I think we'd all see at least one act that we either experienced personally. or saw in person. The minor ones are the kind of acts where we learn our own systems for understanding the balance of risk and benefit. or learning first-hand about gravity, centrifugal/centripetal force, Newton's laws of motion, etc. Posted by Corvus Design. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Design with Play: Imagination Playground Imagined
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An assemblage of musings about Play. sharing what we're intrigued by. Wednesday, July 23, 2014. As luck would have it, my visit to the Imagination Playground. In New York would require me to use my imagination. We arrived shortly after it had closed for the day, and it's surrounded by a pretty significant fence. It also looked like a portion of it is under renovation. Posted by Peter Briggs. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Klyde Warren Park - Dallas Texas. The fun we get to have. Teacher Tom - Blog.
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Design with Play: August 2014
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An assemblage of musings about Play. sharing what we're intrigued by. Wednesday, August 20, 2014. As we've mentioned, we're working with the Municipality of Anchorage on the development of a Strategic Plan for Inclusive Playgrounds. Our current blog goal is to target our posts specific to our thoughts and findings as they relate to the development of playgrounds where play is open to all, and barriers to universal access are reduced as much as possible (with a desire to be eliminated). Play takes place w...
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Design with Play: January 2014
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An assemblage of musings about Play. sharing what we're intrigued by. Thursday, January 23, 2014. Harper's Playground - a great story and community building experience. Check out the video link: http:/ harpersplayground.org/. Posted by Corvus Design. Another great website for examples of existing Inclusive Playgrounds and lots of play equipment to choose from. http:/ www.playlsi.com/Explore-Products/Universally-Accessible-Playgrounds/Pages/Inclusive-Play.aspx. Posted by Corvus Design. Teacher Tom - Blog.
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Design with Play: October 2011
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An assemblage of musings about Play. sharing what we're intrigued by. Thursday, October 27, 2011. As designers, we cherish when we can get the "real scoop" on what people think of our designs. or on the designs of others. The final arbiter of whether something is successful comes from the user. Posted by Peter Briggs. Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Clif had an interesting contest where they asked kids to invent games. Here is a link to the finalists: Clif Backyard Kid Games Contest. Posted by Peter Briggs.
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Design with Play: November 2012
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An assemblage of musings about Play. sharing what we're intrigued by. Thursday, November 8, 2012. RJSP - More Construction. Some more photos of the in progress construction of our playground in Russian Jack Springs Park. Polar Bear Play Structure. Some photos from the day that the Anchorage Park Foundation announced the contest to name the polar bear. If you'd like to find out how your kids can enter, go to this link: http:/ anchorageparkfoundation.org/2012/10/polar-bear-contest/. Posted by Peter Briggs.
