WASPS (Wild and Safe Play Spaces)
WASPS guide for Playworkers, Teachers, Childminders, Early Years staff and Parents
We want to share with you the experiences we have had playing out in the Wild and Safe Play Spaces of Bradford in the hope it will inspire you to go with your children and play out too.
Whether you are a child minder, work in an afterschool club, nursery, school or if you take your own family and friends out to play.
Get the WASPS guide for Playworkers, Teachers, Childminders, Early Years staff and Parents PDF
Aims: To connect children with their natural environment and build confidence through play.
The project!
WASPS (Wild and Safe Play Spaces) is a district wide programme, which can work with children of all ages.
We facilitate play sessions in local green spaces and tailor activites to suit the needs of the group.
Activities may include:
- Den building
- Small camp fires
- Tresure hunts
- Arts and crafts
- Playing with the elements
A mud face
There are many benefits to outdoor play and the WASPS approach these include:
- Increased social and physical skills
- Greater use of imaginative and complex play
- Increased concentration
- Relieves syptoms of stress
- Increased language development
- Increased brain and memory function
- Reduction in illness
- Reduced risk of obesity
- Increase in self esteem and self confidence
- Develop respect for the environment
Woodland fun
Sites used can be open access or closed, the only rule is that they must be within walking distance of the group. They may include:
- Community gardens
- Parks
- Woodlands
- Open green spaces
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