Description
Aimed at parents, teachers and anyone who cares for or works with children, this is a highly original, inspiring and above all fun guide to play. It offers a fantastic range of activity ideas plus a serious underlying message about the important of play, laughter and creativity for us all. In a world of frightening technology and unending product marketing, there is a need to liberate the imagination, re-sow the seeds of creativity ... and start a Real Play Revolution! Real Play needs no equipment, expertise or qualifications. All it needs is genuine interaction between grown-ups and children and that wonderful buzz of magic and mak-believe. Offering the techniques developed at the Flying Seagulls Project, this book also makes thrilling play easy for grown-ups and delightful for kids. Perrin offers a treasure trove of fantastic, unexpected and effective play ideas, from The Kids Comedy Corner (all about telling jokes together as a family), Home-Made TV (make your own TV, then watch it!) and Circus Skills Workshop (hoola-hoop, juggling balls, spinning plates, etc), to quick fixes for cheering everyone up, such as the One Minute Madness Miracle (the first one to get nowhere wins), and defeating a bad mood - whether a child's or a grown-up's - with the Turkey Head Grump Crown (who can carrying on feeling annoyed with a turkey on their head?). All suggestions can be adapted to work with any numbers from one child to a whole classroom. Fun line drawings clarify step-by-steps and add to the book's appealing design.
Aimed at parents, teachers and anyone who cares for or works with children, this is a highly original, inspiring and above all fun guide to play. It offers a fantastic range of activity ideas plus a serious underlying message about the important of play, laughter and creativity for us all.
About the Author
Ash Perrin set up the Flying Seagull Project - a troupe of entertainers engaging children and adults in art, music, craft, circus skills, games and performances - in 2008. They have since worked in a wide range of settings in the UK and around the world, ranging from children's hospitals, orphanages and refugee camps to festivals and parties. The underlying philosophy of the Flying Seagull Project is that everyone - man, woman and child - has the right to put aside the cares of life and smile for a while
Book Information
ISBN 9781786782236
Author Ash Perrin
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Watkins Publishing
Publisher Watkins Media Limited
Aimed at parents, teachers and anyone who cares for or works with children, this is a highly original, inspiring and above all fun guide to play. It offers a fantastic range of activity ideas plus a serious underlying message about the important of play, laughter and creativity for us all.
About the Author
Ash Perrin set up the Flying Seagull Project - a troupe of entertainers engaging children and adults in art, music, craft, circus skills, games and performances - in 2008. They have since worked in a wide range of settings in the UK and around the world, ranging from children's hospitals, orphanages and refugee camps to festivals and parties. The underlying philosophy of the Flying Seagull Project is that everyone - man, woman and child - has the right to put aside the cares of life and smile for a while
Book Information
ISBN 9781786782236
Author Ash Perrin
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Watkins Publishing
Publisher Watkins Media Limited
