It turns out play with an element of risk may be exactly what today’s kids are missing Brittany Toole ... and instead providing loose materials such as logs, mud, tarps, crates, sticks, planks ...

Children learn to be more flexible and adaptive as they shift and switch between games or characters as they play. This is sometimes referred to as “loose parts” play. It’s when children combine ...

the playspace will be child-led with playworkers and loose-parts play, and based at a local school with the help of community grants and donations. "The first thing will be getting the kids to ...