Here’s a collection of power play resources we’ve collected for anyone interested in learning more about power play and how it supports early learning.

You’ll find a free handout on the topic here and a related video here.

Power Play Resources

A collection of power play resources here at Playvolution HQ:

• Supporting School Readiness With Power Play
• Handout | Power Play
• Superhero Play
• Power Play
• CCBAG_0688 Power Play Part 1
• CCBAG_0689 Power Play Part 2
• CCBAG_0690 Power Play Part 3
• Small World Play
• Play Is In The Child, Not The Toy
• Why Destroying Stuff Is Good for Our Kids
• A Child’s Bad Behavior Isn’t ‘Attention-Seeking.’ She’s Seeking A Relationship.RR_0069 POWER
• KURRRR–POW BLAMMMM ZZZZAP Eat Your Peas
• Superheroes and weapon play – for fun and learning
• Beyond Banning War and Superhero Play Meeting Young Children’s Needs in Violent Times
• Dressing up as a superhero might actually give your kid grit
• Play Is In The Child, Not The Toy
• Small World Play
• Bones_0005 Everyone Wants To Be A Superhero
• Childhood Happens Once #39
• Take the Toys from the Boys? An Examination of the Genisis of Policy and the Appropriateness of Adult Perspectives in the Area of War, Weapon and Superhero Play
• Supporting School Readiness With Power Play
• Weapon Play in Early Childhood: How to be Developmentally Appropriate and Responsive to Current Events
• Should nurseries bite the bullet and stop banning children from playing with guns?
• Zero-tolerance stupidity at school
• Stop Tolerating Zero Tolerance
• Children Need Gun Play
• MY TODDLER LOVES GUN PLAY — HERE’S WHY I’M FINALLY LETTING IT GO
• RR_0111 Weapons Play Part 1
• RR_0112 Weapons Play Part 2 (Power and Action Play)
• RR_0113 Weapons Play Part 3 (Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Death)
• RR_0114 Weapons Play Part 4 (Tips For Supporting Weapons Play)
• CCBAG_0731 Weapons Play With Listeners Via Zoom
• 12 Innocuous Household Items My Son Has Turned Into Weapons

Other Play-Related Resources

Here are some general resources related to play:

• Handout | Gray’s Conditions Of Play
• Is It Real Play, Play-Like, Or Not Play?
• Handout | Bruce’s 12 Features Of Play
• Handout | Smilansky’s Types Of Play
• Handout | Parten’s Stages Of Play

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