After her computer crashed and wiped a heap of play ideas she had bookmarked from We Play, a wonderful blogging friend, Marita of Stuff With Thing, suggested that it would be great to have a searchable database of the super play ideas linked to We Play over the past 13 months. Well, I am always up for a challenge and with Marita and Kate’s help, we present to you…
play·o·pe·di·a
1. A comprehensive reference network of unique play ideas categorised according to the type of play and hosted at childhood101.com.
2. The best of the best play ideas on the world wide web.
The play ideas included at Playopedia are sorted according to whether they are best suited to indoors or outdoors and into seven play categories;
- Constructing
- Imagining
- Creating
- Exploring
- Thinking
- Moving
- Making
You can find full descriptions of each play type here.
Playopedia is dynamic. We have only just started adding ideas (though there are already more than 120 posts to inspire you) and there are still many, many on our list to include. We also welcome you to submit your own playful blog posts, whether they be past posts or new ones. As well as becoming part of Playopedia, I will be featuring play ideas regularly from the collection here at Childhood 101, so inclusion in Playopedia has the potential to show off your blog to a wide audience.
If you are a parent or educator looking for great play ideas for your children, Playopedia is easier to search through than a meme and filled with 100% guaranteed great play ideas from around the world wide web!
So head over now to Playopedia and check it out!
Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.
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