Child-directed play with lots of loose parts gives kids a chance to remember the simple joys of creative, old-school play with others and on their own.
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We provide mobility, tons of materials, and "playworkers" who help to support the children in their play.
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Children collaborate, communicate, and take healthy risks when given the opportunity and the space to play this way.
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The Pop-Up Adventure Playground provided by Pandora Redwin and crew has become a much anticipated annual event. Pandora arrives with a trailer full of boxes, barrels, tubes, duct tape and even a giant slide. As soon as the children arrive they start working together to imagine, design and build a pretend world. Last year the weather wasn't the greatest before our event so we decided to set up under a pavilion. Fortunately the weather cleared because as soon as the children arrived they began dragging the building materials out into the field and their world was born. I wish you could see the two very small children who hoisted an old slide over their heads to carry it out to their pop-up city. We are very fortunate to have found Pandora and look forward to seeing working with her again in the spring.
Mary Anne Antonellis, Director, M.N. Spear Memorial Library, Shutesbury, MA
