Blogpost: Fabric as a Loose Part/Den Making
"Wings"
Monarch (aff link)
Woodpecker (aff link)
Fort Making Kit blog post
Loose Parts Toolkit from Inspiring Scotland
Playworkers Guide to Dens and Forts by Morgan Leichter-Saxby
Article:
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
Vol.
18, No. 4, December 2010, 555–566 The influence of the outdoor environment: den-making in three different contexts
Natalie Canning*
Quote:
"The den is the child's sense of self
being born," says David Sobel, a developmental psychologist at Antioch New
England graduate school. He has researched dens extensively since the 70s, in
Devon, England, and the Caribbean. "In the middle childhood, ages seven to
11, a den is the child's chance to create a home away from home that is secret,
and becomes a manifestation of who they are. The den," Sobel argues,
"is the chrysalis out of which the butterfly is born."
Book:
King Jack and the Dragon (aff link)