Last week on Facebook, a friend posted a link to this youtube clip, of a nine- or ten-year-old girl doing her first proper ski jump. The clip, filmed from her point of view, is remarkable to watch.
Last week on Facebook, a friend posted a link to this youtube clip, of a nine- or ten-year-old girl doing her first proper ski jump. The clip, filmed from her point of view, is remarkable to watch.
Posted in Child development, Education, Learning, Risk
Tagged adventure, child development, deep play, learning, outdoor adventure, outdoor education, Risk, skiing, video
How could I not share this? Everyday adventures on a New York City playground, as viewed from about 3 feet up. Recorded by a five-year-old girl. Continue reading
Posted in Outdoor play, Play spaces, playground
Tagged everyday adventure, New York, play space, playground, Risk, video
This post has a simple aim: to get you to rethink playground safety. Through a handful of images of playgrounds from around the world, I hope to encourage you to abandon any preconceived notions you may have about what a safe playground looks like.
Posted in Outdoor play, Play spaces, playground, Risk
Tagged child safety, design, Helle Nebelong, Japan, Netherlands, play space, playground, playground safety, Risk
Any civilised society feels a collective wave of grief at the news of the death of a child. When that child has died from something as apparently innocuous as a piece of popcorn, our sense of tragedy is compounded. When we are in the presence of a family whose sense of loss we know to be overpowering, we can feel a correspondingly overwhelming urge to make things right again. To try to offer the bereaved the consolation that, while their own child may no longer be with them, at least no one else will suffer like they have.
Posted in Public policy, Risk
Tagged child death, child safety, Ireland, regulation, Risk