Wheelbarrows - 31 things to do with them. Open ended resource and Children's play
 

Wheelbarrows - as play items, work tools, aids or transport, have fun with yours ..

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31 things you can do with a wheelbarrow

1. Push it
2. Pull it
3. Ride in it
4. Fill it
5. Empty it
6. Tip it up
7. Lift it
8. Turn it over
9. Help it to balance
10. Wear it as a hat
11. Turn it into a boat
12. Grow your flowers, bulbs, fruit or veg inside it.
13. Go to market with it
14. Till the land and collect the crops ..
15. Help it up hill
16. Help it down hill
17. Go shopping with it
18. Find out how fast it can go
19. Find out how slow it can go
20. Find out if one person per handle works ..
21. Find out if it can turn
22. Find out how tightly it can turn
23. Can it swivel, spin or twirl
24. Explore what wheelbarrows are made from.
25. Explore the history & timelines of where wheelbarrows come from.
26. Storage and habitats
27. Look at careers and the job roles that use wheelbarrows
28. What does portable mean and how are wheelbarrows transportable ..
29. What makes a wheelbarrow
30. Who wants a wheelbarrow and how much will it cost.
31. Enable your children to lead ..

Types of transport

The following is a look at how it's possible for play in one way or another to fit into a wheelbarrow ..

Words & expressions used in connection with play:

• Freeflow play
• Free play
• Structured
• Guided play
• Adult led play - & managing the provision of play
• Purposeful play
• Open ended play
• Sensorimotor play

Nature of play article

Types of play:
Source: freedomtoplay.org

• Rough & Tumble play
• Socio-dramatic-play
• Social play
• Creative play
• Communication play
• Dramatic play
• Symbolic play
• Deep play
• Exploratory play
• Fantasy play
• Imaginative play
• Locomotor play
• Mastery
• Object play
• Recapulative play

Stages of play:
For further information - Early Childhood New Zealand

• Solitary play
• Parallel play
• Associative play
• Cooperative play

Aspects, themes, areas or zones of play
Messy play
Role play
Pretend play
Small world play
Construction play - Constructive play pdf from pscwa.org.au
Imitation play
Book play
Dough play
Soft play
Ball play
In play

Outdoor play
Indoor play

Considerations for role play: RPG

Play and ICT - games - Orisinal

The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds from the American Academy of Paediatrics
Why Children play from mc.maricopa.edu
A leaflet from West Lothian.gov.uk - Importance of play
and a leaflet about play in speech development from JPaget.nhs -
An excellent file containing games & how to play - Importance of play from Kirklees Ednet.org
Role of play in Children's lives from the freelibrary.org
Why is play important from Neath port Talbot
Theory of play - links on Scotlandscollege.ac.uk
When a child mentions they're Bored' - suggestion from Illinois' Early Learning project
Children play and learning from sasked.gov.sk.ca

Wheelbarrow Wilbur by Narine Groome was released last week: 25 March 2010


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I've not read it yet so please feel free to add your own views ..

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Please add on with wheelbarrow activities you've planned, been part of or experienced in other ways ..