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Introducing Playopedia

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…

PLAYOPEDIA

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 an early childhood teacher, presenter, writer and the editor of Childhood 101. More importantly, she is a Mum who believes wholeheartedly in the value of children learning through play, the importance of quality early education, and the togetherness of family.

Read more of Christie's adventures at https://childhood101.com.

Read the comments or scroll down to add your own:

  1. That is amazing, you all must have put so much work into creating this, what a fabulous resource!

  8. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You must have known that I was searching your blog for an old we play entry just this past week. Now I will have easy access to them. What a fabulous idea.

    • Hi Marnie, I hope you found what you were looking for! We are only part the way through entering all of the great We Play ideas so be sure to check back. :)

  10. All kinds of wonderful! One half of me is shouting 'yes!' and the other half of me is shouting "no!" coz I've been working on an idea very similar but it is still a little way off. Serves me right for dragging my feet. I love the way you have categorised the play, and the page looks wonderful and is so easy to use. Well done!

  13. Such a creative and informative site ... i am from a childhood background and finished working as a director when i had my son. I just love finding sites such as yours (always changing and constantly inspiring) i love checking in and getting a creative fix for my little one (and me)! Well done and all the best with this next venture Christie! Sarah.

  14. Just what I wished you would do, thank you very much! I get a lot of inspiration from your blog; keep it up, and please be kind to yourself :)

  15. Awesome!! I often think - thats a great play idea for when little man is a bit older... And now I'll have a way to actually get back and look!! ;) Nothing like a team effort for wonderful ideas!!

  16. OMG! This is the answer to all my prayers. Thank you SO much for putting in the effort to create this. Heading over right now.. Please do let me know if I can help you wonderful ladies with anything for this immensely useful project!! Thank you!

  18. Really like the way the ideas are collected here. Going off now to have a play...

  19. This is an invaluable resource. What a treaure trove of inspiring ideas that are so easy to access. Thank you so much for making this happen and compiling this collection of sheer goodness. Your ideas, hard work, dedication and innovation are greatly appreciated.

  22. It is so much more than I ever imagined it could be when I first asked. You and Kate have done a wonderful job, thank you Christie.

  24. This is wonderful and there's really nothing like it in the blogging world (that I've seen). What a creative idea!

  27. Fabulous idea - thank you so much for including one of my posts! Does this mean that you will no longer be hosting a regular "We Play" each week?

  29. There are not enough LIKES in the world for this! Thank you all so much for creating such a brilliant resource.

  33. Wow this is wonderful - thank you for all the hard work you put into this and inspiring us moms to get more creative. Such great ideas. I have blogged about this to share it with my readers in South Africa.

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