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American Playgrounds
Author | : Susan G. Solomon |
Publsiher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1584655178 |
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A compelling history, a manifesto, and a manual for change.
Once Upon a Playground
Author | : Biondo, Brenda |
Publsiher | : ForeEdge |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2014-05-06 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9781611685121 |
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Before today's safety-minded structures of wood and plastic, America's playgrounds were full of tottering seesaws, dizzying merry-go-rounds, and towering metal slides. Documenting the evolution of American playgrounds between 1920 and 1975, Once Upon a Playground is a visual tribute to these iconic structures, celebrating their place in our culture and the collective memories of generations. In it, contemporary photos of vintage pieces of playground equipment are juxtaposed with images of the very same pieces as they were shown in classic catalogs, postcards, and photographs. The result is a haunting time capsule showing a rapidly vanishing part of our country's cultural heritage. Whatever the playgrounds of your childhood looked like, the gorgeous photographs in this book will transport you back in time and remind you of just how important play can really be.
American Playgrounds
Author | : Everett Bird Mero |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Playgrounds |
ISBN | : UOM:39015008239090 |
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The Science of Play
Author | : Susan G. Solomon |
Publsiher | : University Press of New England |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2014-11-04 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781611686111 |
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Poor design and wasted funding characterize today's American playgrounds. A range of factors--including a litigious culture, overzealous safety guidelines, and an ethos of risk aversion--have created uniform and unimaginative playgrounds. These spaces fail to nurture the development of children or promote playgrounds as an active component in enlivening community space. Solomon's book demonstrates how to alter the status quo by allying data with design. Recent information from the behavioral sciences indicates that kids need to take risks; experience failure but also have a chance to succeed and master difficult tasks; learn to plan and solve problems; exercise self-control; and develop friendships. Solomon illustrates how architects and landscape architects (most of whom work in Europe and Japan) have already addressed these needs with strong, successful playground designs. These innovative spaces, many of which are more multifunctional and cost effective than traditional playgrounds, are both sustainable and welcoming. Having become vibrant hubs within their neighborhoods, these play sites are models for anyone designing or commissioning an urban area for children and their families. The Science of Play, a clarion call to use playground design to deepen the American commitment to public space, will interest architects, landscape architects, urban policy makers, city managers, local politicians, and parents.
List of References on Play and Playgrounds
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Play |
ISBN | : OSU:32435023974850 |
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From Playgrounds to PlayStation
Author | : Carroll Pursell |
Publsiher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2015-06 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 9781421416502 |
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How technology shapes play in America—and vice versa. In this romp through the changing landscape of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American toys, games, hobbies, and amusements, senior historian of technology Carroll Pursell poses a simple but interesting question: What can we learn by studying the relationship between technology and play? From Playgrounds to PlayStation explores how play reflects and drives the evolution of American culture. Pursell engagingly examines the ways in which technology affects play and play shapes people. The objects that children (and adults) play with and play on, along with their games and the hobbies they pursue, can reinforce but also challenge gender roles and cultural norms. Inventors—who often talk about "playing" at their work, as if motivated by the pure fun of invention—have used new materials and technologies to reshape sports and gameplay, sometimes even crafting new, extreme forms of recreation, but always responding to popular demand. Drawing from a range of sources, including scholarly monographs, patent records, newspapers, and popular and technical journals, the book covers numerous modes and sites of play. Pursell touches on the safety-conscious playground reform movement, the dazzling mechanical innovations that gave rise to commercial amusement parks, and the media's colorful promotion of toys, pastimes, and sporting events. Along the way, he shows readers how technology enables the forms, equipment, and devices of play to evolve constantly, both reflecting consumer choices and driving innovators and manufacturers to promote toys that involve entirely new kinds of play—from LEGOs and skateboards to beading kits and videogames.
Handbook for Public Playground Safety
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Playgrounds |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02591361L |
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SAFE and Fun Playgrounds
Author | : Heather M. Olsen,Susan D. Hudson,Donna Thompson |
Publsiher | : Redleaf Press |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2015-11-16 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781605544618 |
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Play is important for cognitive, emotional, and physical development of children. Use the four components experts have identified for safety: supervision, age-appropriate design, fall-surfacing that contains approved materials, and equipment maintenance. This handbook is what you need to maintain an existing, or to create a new, pleasing, and challenging playground that is safe, but not boring. Heather M. Olsen, EdD, is executive director of the National Program for Playground Safety. Susan D. Hudson, PhD, has been an educator, consultant, and practitioner in the field of leisure, youth, and human services for over thirty-nine years. Donna Thompson, PhD, founded the National Program for Playground Safety.