Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-24

Jul 242011
 
  • Play, Play, and Play Some More: Let Children Be the Animals They Have the Right to Be | Psychology Today http://t.co/jWOpj08 #
  • @balmeras @thisisdaniel @wildelycreative Personally I do not favour b beans at any time of day…. #
  • I sent Marc Berkoff this http://t.co/EmXWM2W to say thanx for #ipawales2011 He sent this http://t.co/jWOpj08 in return. Good deal all round #
  • In mile end park with central foundation girls& tree surgeons hanging Perspex birds from trees #
  • The tree of birds in the liminal space with central foundation girls. http://moby.to/2y4cmc #
  • The cheek! They come over here, eating our nectarines…“@balmeras: Alert the media, there is sun in London. For the moment…” #
  • Sad news of the day. “@PennyRed: Oh my god. People are saying Amy Winehouse is dead. Only 27. That's so impossibly sad.” #
  • thanks Cath for the perspective“@CathPrisk: Just heard about Amy Winehouse, just terrible. And the Norwegians. And Somalis.” #
  • Grant proposal for inclusive, inter school flux Olympiad in LBTH rejected as 'lack of competition is anti Olympic'. Words fail me. #

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  •  July 24, 2011
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-17

Jul 172011
 
  • Slade Gardens Adventure Playground has yellow sub.“@playgroundology:submarine playgrounds? http://t.co/jWDfMBu #playoutdoors #playgrounds” #
  • Great. You can tackle same here. Also paint living room, tidy, clean, blah blah…“@balmeras: Tackling Mt. Laundry — #
  • Love that dept of health is #Doh #
  • A mud party in the local woods for her 9th. “@coolprogeny: Hey #chevygirls — fav birthday party themes? http://t.co/ftL2jdk” #
  • Add you play memories to this collection http://t.co/dEDEKKV #globalplaymems #
  • @wildelycreative @balmeras @salisburydowns woooohoooo! #
  • Cavendish! #
  • Spent a wonderful afternoon with Rusty Keeler http://t.co/MmtUZUL Amazing sharing of passion for playable space design. #playoutdoors #
  • Excited that @balmeras is coming to play in mile end for a week. #
  • Talked with Rusty Keeler about the play space as a Holding Environment. #
  • The Big Butterfly Count http://t.co/gaIFNYL count the butterflies in Mile end #
  • Hey at least they didn't try to run him over! “@neil_play: @pennywilson Yay Cav! Nasty rivals trying to drop him on time limit on peaks.. #
  • Rusty! My newest hero !“@earthplay: back from UK PLAY trip! wow! picture-blog begins: http://t.co/wX8VCci” #

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  •  July 17, 2011
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-10

Jul 102011
 
  • Cardiff IPA. Exhibition up! Am in Gordon Hall. Any one around? #
  • @IPAWales2011 Looking forward to seeing so many friends. At conf 2morrow only. #
  • Hello IPAUSA. Welcome to the UK. #
  • @IPAWales2011 Hello play people. #
  • RT @PlayAtlanta If you're tweeting from the IPA 2011 World Conference in Wales use #ipa2011 so everybody can follow what you are writing. #
  • @IPAWales2011 Good morning world #
  • @IPAWales2011 “@juliemnich: @GlobalPlayMems help us collect play memories from friends and family around the globe: http://t.co/47LBLfk” #
  • @IPAWales2011 @globalplaymems Visit us at the String of Beads Exhibition and share your Play Memories Globally. #
  • @IPAWales2011 see u soon.“@CathPrisk: Off to @IPAWales2011, looking forward to next few days! Who else is there? Hashtag?” #
  • 1st IPA award to an entire country. Chapeau Wales@IPAWales2011 #
  • great to hear about national strategic approach to supporting childrens play.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Lady Allen name check as founding member of IPA 50 years ago @IPAWales2011 #
  • IPA Role in fighting for The Rights of the Child to Play UN Convention art.31@IPAWales2011 #
  • Mention of 'flags fluttering above a from scratch adventure playground in earthquake stricken Japan' @IPAWales2011 #
  • Memories of Playboard, it's demise and it's legacy. @IPAWales2011 #
  • The importance of National Play Organisations in overcoming ill informed personal influence in Government @IPAWales2011 #
  • Memories of a 'child of the 40s' 'We forget the amount of freedom that we had to play' seeing the contrast today.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Wise use of funding and opportunities by PlayWales to create a country where every child can play in their own way.@IPAWales2011 #
  • End of the seven fat years, entering seven lean years for play. Need solid infrastructure to continue to advocate for play @IPAWales2011 #
  • Tearful Tribute to the staff team of Play Wales& others who made dream of IPA Wales reality@IPAWales2011 #
  • Save the children young ambassadors speaking at @IPAWales2011 #
  • 'Have you forgotten what it's like to be a child?You're making us feel old &sad. Listen to us, we can make it ok.' muddy banks song. #
  • 'Not listening to children is stupid. Why would you deny them play?'@IPAWales2011 #
  • prof.Marc Bekoff@IPAWales2011 #
  • 'I love to go to meetings where my learning curve is vertical.'@IPAWales2011 #
  • 'People told me studying play was a waste of time. But I'm an old hippy, I love to waste time'@IPAWales2011 #
  • Why does a behaviour pattern evolve in a species, how does it allow us to adapt?@IPAWales2011 #
  • Catch up with 30 years of my research in 28 pages in 'animals at play', book I wrote for children!@IPAWales2011 #
  • Anthropomorphic charges levelled at people giving positive emotions to animals, but not negative ones. See bad not good. In kids too? #
  • If we have it, they have it too..physical&emotional lives of animals and humans.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Rough and tumble eg play uses honest signals to communicate play not danger. Escalates perhaps 2% of time. Animals &children@IPAWales2011 #
  • Why play evolved? Communication cognitive physical aerobic & training for unexpected@IPAWales2011 #
  • 'Invitation to romp rather than challenge to fight' clear unambiguous play signals@IPAWales2011 #
  • Play fighting allows dolphins to know how to fight and when is play and when is real.@IPAWales2011 #
  • If polar bear doesn't know how to play, she will never get on with other bears & never breed. Polar bear play dates develp play skill. #
  • When animals stop playing, there is something wrong. Play is a sign of recuperation @IPAWales2011 #
  • Ask first, be honest, mind yr manners & admit when ur wrong. 4 rules of animal play.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Humans, moral template against which other species are judged? Nah!@IPAWales2011 #
  • 'Dogs enjoy play.' 'how do you know?' They smile?@IPAWales2011 #
  • When we know more about play we can build environments for childrens play,not just playgrounds but social climates. @IPAWales2011 #
  • Hello to all of you not@IPAWales2011 trying to do tweety updates that communicate. Only here 2day. Need more tweets here #
  • @timrgill &playingout workshop on activating street play @IPAWales2011 #
  • Curby, street game bouncing ball against curb&catching. Mob aka bad egg throw ball in air& runaway,lamppost swings,Conkers, cricket,chatting #
  • Gathering global memories of street games. How to use this information to rekindle street play?@IPAWales2011 #
  • @timrgill streets are'nursery slopes' for citizenship@IPAWales2011 #urbanism #
  • Jane jacobs 'experience of responsibility for other people without ties of kinship/ friendship/formal responsibility'@IPAWales2011 #
  • As a legal power, local authorities can create play streets where car driving is forbidden at certain times.@timrgill @IPAWales2011 #
  • Lupton street, Camden, home zone outside school.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Homezone. 'A street that speaks it's duel use though design'@timrgill @IPAWales2011 #
  • Street Play memories spark parents dream of closing street for play. #playoutdoors @IPAWales2011 #
  • We didn't know if it would work, just opening the street for play without organising children. But they knew what to do.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Visit http://www.playingout.net for tried and tested advice about using streets for community play @IPAWales2011 #
  • Importance for all community to mix together across ages et al. The street can be the place where it can happen. #
  • Assumption that play workers think play belongs in play ghettos. Humm. Tell that to estates based playworkers. #
  • greeting from @IPAWales2011 Wales2011 wish u were here!“@USPlayCoalition: Happy 4th of July, all! Get out there and enjoy the day! #PLAY
  •  July 10, 2011
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-10

Jul 102011
 
  • Cardiff IPA. Exhibition up! Am in Gordon Hall. Any one around? #
  • @IPAWales2011 Looking forward to seeing so many friends. At conf 2morrow only. #
  • Hello IPAUSA. Welcome to the UK. #
  • @IPAWales2011 Hello play people. #
  • RT @PlayAtlanta If you're tweeting from the IPA 2011 World Conference in Wales use #ipa2011 so everybody can follow what you are writing. #
  • @IPAWales2011 Good morning world #
  • @IPAWales2011 “@juliemnich: @GlobalPlayMems help us collect play memories from friends and family around the globe: http://t.co/47LBLfk” #
  • @IPAWales2011 @globalplaymems Visit us at the String of Beads Exhibition and share your Play Memories Globally. #
  • @IPAWales2011 see u soon.“@CathPrisk: Off to @IPAWales2011, looking forward to next few days! Who else is there? Hashtag?” #
  • 1st IPA award to an entire country. Chapeau Wales@IPAWales2011 #
  • great to hear about national strategic approach to supporting childrens play.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Lady Allen name check as founding member of IPA 50 years ago @IPAWales2011 #
  • IPA Role in fighting for The Rights of the Child to Play UN Convention art.31@IPAWales2011 #
  • Mention of 'flags fluttering above a from scratch adventure playground in earthquake stricken Japan' @IPAWales2011 #
  • Memories of Playboard, it's demise and it's legacy. @IPAWales2011 #
  • The importance of National Play Organisations in overcoming ill informed personal influence in Government @IPAWales2011 #
  • Memories of a 'child of the 40s' 'We forget the amount of freedom that we had to play' seeing the contrast today.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Wise use of funding and opportunities by PlayWales to create a country where every child can play in their own way.@IPAWales2011 #
  • End of the seven fat years, entering seven lean years for play. Need solid infrastructure to continue to advocate for play @IPAWales2011 #
  • Tearful Tribute to the staff team of Play Wales& others who made dream of IPA Wales reality@IPAWales2011 #
  • Save the children young ambassadors speaking at @IPAWales2011 #
  • 'Have you forgotten what it's like to be a child?You're making us feel old &sad. Listen to us, we can make it ok.' muddy banks song. #
  • 'Not listening to children is stupid. Why would you deny them play?'@IPAWales2011 #
  • prof.Marc Bekoff@IPAWales2011 #
  • 'I love to go to meetings where my learning curve is vertical.'@IPAWales2011 #
  • 'People told me studying play was a waste of time. But I'm an old hippy, I love to waste time'@IPAWales2011 #
  • Why does a behaviour pattern evolve in a species, how does it allow us to adapt?@IPAWales2011 #
  • Catch up with 30 years of my research in 28 pages in 'animals at play', book I wrote for children!@IPAWales2011 #
  • Anthropomorphic charges levelled at people giving positive emotions to animals, but not negative ones. See bad not good. In kids too? #
  • If we have it, they have it too..physical&emotional lives of animals and humans.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Rough and tumble eg play uses honest signals to communicate play not danger. Escalates perhaps 2% of time. Animals &children@IPAWales2011 #
  • Why play evolved? Communication cognitive physical aerobic & training for unexpected@IPAWales2011 #
  • 'Invitation to romp rather than challenge to fight' clear unambiguous play signals@IPAWales2011 #
  • Play fighting allows dolphins to know how to fight and when is play and when is real.@IPAWales2011 #
  • If polar bear doesn't know how to play, she will never get on with other bears & never breed. Polar bear play dates develp play skill. #
  • When animals stop playing, there is something wrong. Play is a sign of recuperation @IPAWales2011 #
  • Ask first, be honest, mind yr manners & admit when ur wrong. 4 rules of animal play.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Humans, moral template against which other species are judged? Nah!@IPAWales2011 #
  • 'Dogs enjoy play.' 'how do you know?' They smile?@IPAWales2011 #
  • When we know more about play we can build environments for childrens play,not just playgrounds but social climates. @IPAWales2011 #
  • Hello to all of you not@IPAWales2011 trying to do tweety updates that communicate. Only here 2day. Need more tweets here #
  • @timrgill &playingout workshop on activating street play @IPAWales2011 #
  • Curby, street game bouncing ball against curb&catching. Mob aka bad egg throw ball in air& runaway,lamppost swings,Conkers, cricket,chatting #
  • Gathering global memories of street games. How to use this information to rekindle street play?@IPAWales2011 #
  • @timrgill streets are'nursery slopes' for citizenship@IPAWales2011 #urbanism #
  • Jane jacobs 'experience of responsibility for other people without ties of kinship/ friendship/formal responsibility'@IPAWales2011 #
  • As a legal power, local authorities can create play streets where car driving is forbidden at certain times.@timrgill @IPAWales2011 #
  • Lupton street, Camden, home zone outside school.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Homezone. 'A street that speaks it's duel use though design'@timrgill @IPAWales2011 #
  • Street Play memories spark parents dream of closing street for play. #playoutdoors @IPAWales2011 #
  • We didn't know if it would work, just opening the street for play without organising children. But they knew what to do.@IPAWales2011 #
  • Visit http://www.playingout.net for tried and tested advice about using streets for community play @IPAWales2011 #
  • Importance for all community to mix together across ages et al. The street can be the place where it can happen. #
  • Assumption that play workers think play belongs in play ghettos. Humm. Tell that to estates based playworkers. #
  • greeting from @IPAWales2011 Wales2011 wish u were here!“@USPlayCoalition: Happy 4th of July, all! Get out there and enjoy the day! #PLAY
  •  July 10, 2011
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Sense and Sensibility

Jun 192011
 

Written as part of a PATH training session in 2004 or thereabouts, this piece asks us to think about the sensual impact of the playspaces we are creating for our children.
We have professionals skilled in designing the atmospheres of spaces, at engineering the smells of coffee and bread to make us feel nostalgic, we can choreograph mood using lighting. We can make the mouth water by using chemicals to turn greyish lumps of stuff into a rainbow of colours and a bouquet of smells that sell themselves in sweet shops.
How come we are so dense about the way we use indoor spaces for play? I am not talking about spending a small fortune on a sensory room. They are overpriced and offer a quick solution which is usually used to replace any real creativity of thought or experience reducing children to the role of passive receptors of the experience.

  •  June 19, 2011
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-19

Jun 192011
 
  • “@balmeras: International Mud Day 2011 is June 29th. No better way to #playoutdoors ! http://t.co/m6Em9Oh” Woohoo! Mud between your toes! #
  • “@njoyplay: The much crew is putting in serious work.#kaboom2000” Danielle great day with The 1st Lady.
    Intergenerational playground eh? #
  • Battram. Are you there? #
  • Respect to family and friends of extraordinary John Mackenzie. May 1928- June 2011
    http://t.co/K12eaKf #
  • “@wkrussell: @neil_play @timrgill Playwork+youth work on mile end estates.Police &RSL report drop in ASB #
  • Post about Railings in London
    http://t.co/WKCzLkZ #
  • Post about flames in play on east end estate.
    http://t.co/igLog4Q #
  • “@wkrussell: @pennywilson @neil_play @timrgill Thanks. Is this a keep-em-off-the streets statistic? Nah.. Constructive observation. #
  • @wkrussell ASB down because the ch/yp have attention. May b only 1xweek, but seems 2b a genuine focus for them. Will askYp nxt week. #

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  •  June 19, 2011
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Small Flames

Jun 152011
 

A play story about playing with fire, Risk Benefit Assessment and being guided by the Playwork Principles

  •  June 15, 2011
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-12

Jun 122011
 
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