Wild Gully uses industry research to guide our practice.
Research
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Outside Play - take a risk and go play outside.
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A Curiosity About Links Between Adventure Playgrounds, Loose Parts, Playwork Approach, a State of "Flow" and Children’s Wellbeing
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Dr Peter Gray -The Toxic consequences of attending a high achieving school.
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Early Childhood Educators’ Perspectives on Tree Climbing
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Playing with Nature: Supporting Preschoolers’ Creativity in Natural Outdoor Classrooms
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Relationship Between Play and Sensory Processing: A Systemic Review
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The role of play in children’s development: a review of the evidence
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Serum melatonin in central precocious puberty is lower than in age-matched prepubertal children
Children learn best when they are free to PLAY!
Below is a collection of videos to reinforce this notion from some of my professional idols.
I love a good Adventure Playground: loose materials, tools, animals, gardens, fires...and caring adults trained to support children's play. Check out this new Danish Adventure playground: Travbyggeren!
Nathan Wallis - Play based learning
Nathan Wallis Risk and resilience
The REAL reason children fidget — and what we can do about it | Angela Hanscom
Are playgrounds too safe?
The decline of play | Dr Peter Gray | In this presentation, Dr. Peter Gray highlights the significant decrease in children's freedom to engage in self-directed play with peers in the U.S. over the past 60 years. During this same period, there has been a notable rise in anxiety, depression, feelings of helplessness, suicide, and narcissism among children and adolescents. Drawing from his own and others' research, Dr. Gray explains the vital role of free play in children's social and emotional well-being and suggests ways to restore free play to their lives.
Maggie Dent - Why movement and play are crucial in childhood
Reimagining Recess
