Playwords
Playwords publishes playwork theory and practice, with the specific aim
of supporting new and academic writing in the playwork field. We publish
articles in three main areas;
 mainly
theoretical - either new theory, critiques of old theories, or how theories in
other areas of study relate to playwork
mainly
practice - although we ask contributors to reference playwork theory in
describing their work
news,
information and book reviews - short articles with links for more details on our
website where appropriate.
Playwords is subsidised by profits from our training and publications
and digital copies are free to
members. For hard copies we currently ask for a small fee to cover
postage and packaging. Playwords is now 11 years old and has covered many
important issues in the past - If you are looking for a certain topic please
contact us and we will try and find it for you. For how to
purchase hard copies please
click here.
Publication dates vary as we only publish when we have enough articles of a good
enough standard. We hope that this will encourage more practitioners to write
stuff down - if you have an idea for an article and would like to know more
about how to send something in to us, please
contact us for author guidelines.
We would like Playwords to be become a recognised peer-reviewed journal,
without losing sight of the fact that our field needs accessible, relevant and
practical articles. We're working out how to do this at the moment - so any
ideas gratefully received!
Playwords - Winter 2010 Issue 41
The latest issue is out now and features informative and fun articles on:
News and Events, Play in Practice - Snow-play!
An update on the state of play across the UK - Play England and Play
Scotland, The Common Threads 15th Birthday Survey,
A Day in the Life of a Lincoln Play Ranger - Joanne Key-Hill, 'Loose
parts' and the EYFS - Dominique Bailey and Kelly Mottram, A new
definition of playwork? - Shelly Newstead, UPDATE - Defending
the Right to Play in Nicaragua - Harry Shier of CESEMA,
Anarludichism (part 2) - Peter King, Pass us the spokes...
- Shelly Newstead on why EYFS matters, Bright Ideas for Winter Nights!
- Mandy Smith, The Next 15 Years - Common Threads, plus Kids'
Club cartoon and book reviews.
The next issue will be published in September so if you have any articles you'd like to see
published (or know somebody who may wish to contribute) please contact us straight away.
Playwords - the complete set!
You can now get the complete set of all Playwords back issues (up to and including Issue 41 Winter 2010) for only £17.50! We've sold out of some issues in printed form but the few missing issues will be supplied as pdf's - so you can actually, for the first time ever,
read every single issue. Playwords provides the ideal opportunity to catch up with invaluable resource material - just look at some of these great articles
published over the years:
The Ethics of Adulteration - Bob Hughes (1999)
The History of Play 1920 to 1980 - Keith Cranwell (2000)
Play, public space and the assimilation of children: Jane Jacobs revisited - Tim Gill (2009)
Play in schools? - Dr Sarah Thomson (2007)
Us or them? Protecting the child at play - Professor Celia Brackenridge (1999)
Plus so many more!
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