Apr 18, 2018
Fabric as a Loose Part/Den Making
Blog post--fabric as a loose part:
http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com/2017/08/fabric-as-loose-part.html
Fort Making Kit:
http://insideoutsidemichiana.blogspot.com/2014/02/indoor-fort-making.html
Den Day:
Loose Parts Toolkit:
https://www.inspiringscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Loose-Parts-Play-web.pdf
Playworkers Guide to Dens and Forts:
https://islingtonplay.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/den-booklet-web-version2.pdf
Article:
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
Vol. 18, No. 4, December 2010, 555–566
The influence of the outdoor environment: den-making in three different contexts
Natalie Canning*
Quote:
"The den is the child's sense of self being born," says David Sobel, a developmental psychologist at Antioch New England graduate school. He has researched dens extensively since the 70s, in Devon, England, and the Caribbean. "In the middle childhood, ages seven to 11, a den is the child's chance to create a home away from home that is secret, and becomes a manifestation of who they are. The den," Sobel argues, "is the chrysalis out of which the butterfly is born."
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/apr/15/familyandrelationships.family3
Book:
King Jack and the Dragon
Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: