International Stonework Play Day is Coming

10/26/2021

International Stonework Play Day is Coming

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Khalil Gibran

International Stonework Play Day is a wonderful worldwide celebration where nature, creativity, story and humankind connect.

In 2021 it will be celebrated on (or around) Friday, November 3rd. Register here for a free guidebook

Working with stones is just one example of "loose parts play," originally extolled by architect Simon Nicholson in his Theory of Loose Parts. Rusty Keeler’s popular book, Adventures in Risky Play reminds us that nature provides an amazing variety of loose parts -- from stones to leaves to sticks, pine cones, seeds pods and much more. Keeler writes that, "loose parts let children control their play and build what they want to build. It’s not for us to determine the outcome…You can predict that children will use the stuff, but you can never fully predict how. The beauty of playful surprise!"

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