1. View Muddy play is great play
  2. View Playing is fun in all weathers
  3. View umbrella for web
  4. View The attraction of the scary and the unexpected
  5. View Family play
  6. View Fruity fun - playing with food
  7. View Wild play
  8. View Playing in the woods - this way
  9. View Happy playing freely
  10. View Play can be alone or with friends
  11. View Just takes a few leaves to have hours of fun
  12. View Making a treasure hunt
  13. View Children know the high play value of mud
  14. View Ip dip...playing helps to order the world
  15. View Playing has benefits for all ages
  16. View Families that play together...

Do you remember the cardboard box that was

a spaceship...or a castle... or a pirate ship?

Contact OPA:

01865 779474

enquiries@oxonplay.org.uk

or by pigeon.

Playful idea of the week!

Make a fist with your right hand, and extend the thumb. Make a fist with your left hand, and extend the little finger (pinkie). Now swap over - extend the right hand pinkie and the left hand thumb - and change again. And again...

 

Playing is magic for all ages - it excites, inspires, develops, challenges, raises confidence and, above all, it makes us feel happy and it's good for our physical and mental wellbeing.

The United Nations says that children and young people have a right to play.

If children do not play,

it can have severe consequences for their physical and mental health, behaviour and wellbeing.

Oxfordshire Play Association champion the right of children and young people aged 0-16 to have access to high quality, inclusive play opportunities across Oxfordshire.

Contact OPA about any aspect of play, playwork playing and playfulness.

Tel 01865 779474; Email enquiries@oxonplay.org.uk

Your Comments

  1. What a fabulous new website. Well done OPA. Don't forget that OPA members get discount prices at Orinoco - The Oxfordshire Scrapstore.

    (Posted on 2010-03-11 14:52:00 by Howie)

  2. Well done, it looks great with lots of information

    (Posted on 2010-03-02 08:58:00 by Elaine)

  3. really great website jane!! no pictures of me? haha. cool comment box too :)

    (Posted on 2010-02-28 17:29:00 by Morgan)

  4. Nice website!

    (Posted on 2010-02-26 16:33:00 by Richie)

"Creative play is like a spring that bubbles up from deep within a child."

  Joan Almon

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

  George Bernard Shaw

"If you didn't play, there would be no point in getting out of bed."

Oxford child, age ten

"It is becoming increasingly clear through research on the brain as well as in other areas of study, that childhood needs play. Play acts as a forward feed mechanism into courageous, creative, rigorous thinking in adulthood."

  Tina Bruce

"Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul."

  Friedrich Froebel

Oxfordshire Play Association wishes to thank all our generous sponsors:

Championing the right to play for children & young people in Oxfordshire

OXFORDSHIRE PLAY ASSOCIATION

Oxfordshire Play Association 01865 779474; enquiries@oxonplay.org.uk

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