For Your Binder

Classic kids games like kickball deemed unsafe by state in effort to increase summer camp regulation
2011

Get the bubblewrap!!!!  This list will make your head pop off - but wait, that's probably not safe either.  #play #outside #recess #risk #movement 

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The Return of Play
2017

From the author: "I felt like a birdwatcher that had spotted a rare species."  How refreshing!  #play #teaching #learning #adventureplaygrounds #outside #nature #playwork #playgrounds #risk

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Please, "go outside and play"
2008

Unfortunately, “going out to play” has gone the way of the dodo, the typewriter and the eight-track tape.  #outside #play #parenting #risk #resilience 

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Prekindergarteners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Systems
2005

Boys were over four times as likely to be expelled as girls, and African-American preschoolers were about twice as likely to be expelled as preschoolers of European descent. Although a pattern of particular risk for expulsion with African-American students has been demonstrated during K-12, the pattern of disparity appears to begin much earlier.  #teaching #learning #equity #implicitbias #expulsion

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Why kids should go barefoot more (and probably adults, too)
2016

Our feet were healthier before we started wearing shoes!  #play #risk #outside #movement

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Building "Generation Play": Addressing the crisis of inactivity among America's children
2007

We need to re-affirm our commitment to children's play.  Failing to act on these recommendations will allow this generation to become the most sedentary in our nation's history, consequently possibly having a shorter life expectancy than that of their parents. #play #pushdown #movement #recess #risk #outside 

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