{"product_id":"real-play-revolution-why-we-need-to-be-silly-with-our-kids-and-how-to-do-it","title":"Real Play Revolution: Why We Need to Be Silly with Our Kids - and How to Do It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a guide to play for parents, teachers, and anyone who cares for or works with children. It offers a range of activity ideas and a serious message about the importance of play, laughter, and creativity for us all. Real Play needs no equipment, expertise, or qualifications, and can be adapted to work with any numbers of children. Fun line drawings clarify step-by-steps and add to the book's appealing design. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 14 May 2019\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Watkins Media\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a highly original, inspiring, and above all fun guide to play. It offers a fantastic range of activity ideas, plus a serious underlying message about the importance of play, laughter, and creativity for us all. In a world of frightening technology and unending product marketing, there is a need to liberate the imagination, re-sow the seeds of creativity, and start a Real Play Revolution! Real Play needs no equipment, expertise, or qualifications. All it needs is genuine interaction between grown-ups and children and that wonderful buzz of magic and make-believe. Offering the techniques developed at the Flying Seagulls Project, this book also makes thrilling play easy for grown-ups and delightful for kids. Perrin offers a treasure trove of fantastic, unexpected, and effective play ideas, from The Kids Comedy Corner (all about telling jokes together as a family), Home-Made TV (make your own TV, then watch it!), and Circus Skills Workshop (hoola-hoop, juggling balls, spinning plates, etc.), to quick fixes for cheering everyone up, such as the One Minute Madness Miracle (the first one to get nowhere wins), and defeating a bad mood, whether a child's or a grown-up's, with the Turkey Head Grump Crown (who can carry on feeling annoyed with a turkey on their head?). All suggestions can be adapted to work with any numbers from one child to a whole classroom. Fun line drawings clarify step-by-steps and add to the book's appealing design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world of frightening technology and unending product marketing, there is a need to liberate the imagination, re-sow the seeds of creativity, and start a Real Play Revolution! Real Play needs no equipment, expertise, or qualifications. All it needs is genuine interaction between grown-ups and children and that wonderful buzz of magic and make-believe. Offering the techniques developed at the Flying Seagulls Project, this book also makes thrilling play easy for grown-ups and delightful for kids. Perrin offers a treasure trove of fantastic, unexpected, and effective play ideas, from The Kids Comedy Corner (all about telling jokes together as a family), Home-Made TV (make your own TV, then watch it!), and Circus Skills Workshop (hoola-hoop, juggling balls, spinning plates, etc.), to quick fixes for cheering everyone up, such as the One Minute Madness Miracle (the first one to get nowhere wins), and defeating a bad mood, whether a child's or a grown-up's, with the Turkey Head Grump Crown (who can carry on feeling annoyed with a turkey on their head?). All suggestions can be adapted to work with any numbers from one child to a whole classroom. Fun line drawings clarify step-by-steps and add to the book's appealing design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 212g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 216 x 136 x 15 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781786782236                            \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: New ed                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ash Perrin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44105918218490,"sku":"9781786782236","price":9.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/ec5b301ac89335fcc4be31bc653d9948.jpg?v=1628302180","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/real-play-revolution-why-we-need-to-be-silly-with-our-kids-and-how-to-do-it","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}