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Is North America on the brink of a play renaissance? | Rethinking Childhood
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Website for Tim Gill: researcher, writer, consultant. ASTM playground safety proposal defeated but it could yet return. Seeking stories of the Kidzfield at Glastonbury →. Is North America on the brink of a play renaissance? June 16, 2015. The last few weeks have seen three major milestones in the journey towards a healthier, happier childhood for children in North America. While not directly connected, they could come to be seen a tipping point. So what are these milestones? The second milestone is the a...
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Website for Tim Gill: researcher, writer, consultant. Seeking stories of the Kidzfield at Glastonbury. July 1, 2015. Can you help me find people whose lives have taken a different direction after going to the Kidzfield. At the Glastonbury Festival? I am doing some work for the Kidzfield organisers, and am looking for stories of the difference it has made over the 21 years since it was created (yes, it came of age last week). Continue reading →. Making the case for more playful and child-friendly places.
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Could this be the most play-literate PR video ever? | Rethinking Childhood
https://rethinkingchildhood.com/2014/03/26/unilever-persil-omo-dirt-is-good-video
Website for Tim Gill: researcher, writer, consultant. Hidden woods: a graceful, punchy reminder of the power of natural places. Hurt, blame, stupidity: when being a free-range parent does not go to plan →. Could this be the most play-literate PR video ever? March 26, 2014. A couple of weeks ago the UK laundry brand Persil (known in many parts of the world as Omo) released a set of short videos. The captions make compelling reading too. Here they are in full:. Every child has a play face. The other videos...
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Glastonbury | Rethinking Childhood
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Website for Tim Gill: researcher, writer, consultant. Seeking stories of the Kidzfield at Glastonbury. July 1, 2015. Can you help me find people whose lives have taken a different direction after going to the Kidzfield. At the Glastonbury Festival? I am doing some work for the Kidzfield organisers, and am looking for stories of the difference it has made over the 21 years since it was created (yes, it came of age last week). Continue reading →. Making the case for more playful and child-friendly places.
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Education | Rethinking Childhood
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Website for Tim Gill: researcher, writer, consultant. Show or tell: How should educators and playworkers back up their real-time decisions about risk? May 25, 2016. This post explores how the real-time decisions of educators, playworkers and other staff who oversee children fit into the overall risk management process, and how they are held to account for those decisions. I have written it at the suggestion of the UK Play Safety Forum. Bayonne Nursery Forest School session. Continue reading →. Positive n...
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Website for Tim Gill: researcher, writer, consultant. A small but potentially significant win for risk benefit assessment. August 18, 2016. How often do you hear that the ‘health and safety culture’ cannot be resisted? That fear of litigation makes people unwilling to accept the slightest possibility of accidents or injuries? The implication is that risk benefit assessment ( RBA. The balanced approach to risk management that I and others have developed – is a waste of time. Continue reading →. It is obvi...
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Kidzfield | Rethinking Childhood
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Website for Tim Gill: researcher, writer, consultant. Seeking stories of the Kidzfield at Glastonbury. July 1, 2015. Can you help me find people whose lives have taken a different direction after going to the Kidzfield. At the Glastonbury Festival? I am doing some work for the Kidzfield organisers, and am looking for stories of the difference it has made over the 21 years since it was created (yes, it came of age last week). Continue reading →. Making the case for more playful and child-friendly places.
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Website for Tim Gill: researcher, writer, consultant. Sir Ken Robinson speaks on outdoor play. April 5, 2016. Educationalist Sir Ken Robinson. Known to millions for his work on creativity in schools, yesterday shared his thoughts on outdoor play. The 20-minute talk, in a video recorded as part of the Dirt is Good. Continue reading →. Seeking stories of the Kidzfield at Glastonbury. July 1, 2015. Can you help me find people whose lives have taken a different direction after going to the Kidzfield. Technol...