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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