Memories of Play SP 4 2023 by Megan https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z Share a memory of play 0-8 years - what themes and places arise? en-us 2022-11-17 03:11:10 UTC 2022-12-21 01:40:49 UTC hello@padlet.com I remember being up a large pine tree in our front yard and feeling freedom and gathering pine needles and sap to make our pretend food. m_bankes https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2387667633 Megan]]> 2022-11-17 03:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2387667633 m_bankes https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2387668070 I remember getting all of my stuffed toys out and making a 'stuffed toy mountain' on one lounge and my brother doing the same on the other lounge, then using action figures and imagining/role playing different scenarios with the action figures and the soft toy landscape. 

I also remember playing 'olympics' or 'decathalon' out the front with our friends after school, running races, jumps, throwing etc and the 'round the block' marathon.]]> 2022-11-17 03:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2387668070 Mud play https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2396605654 I remember playing next door in a vacant lot with my cousin. We would raid my mother kitchen for containers, saucepans, utensils and jugs of water and load them up in my little red wagon my dad made. We use to spend hours making mud pies and invite our family to dinner. 
Charmaine ]]> 2022-11-24 09:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2396605654 Birthday party https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2396616857 I remember when my dog had puppies and used to involve them as guest at my imaginary birthday party. Mother dog must have been ok with me taking her babies because I do not remember her being mean. I also rember pushing the puppies around in a dolls pram.
Charmaine ]]> 2022-11-24 09:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2396616857 Dressing Up jacintaputt1 https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2397698225 Growing up with two sisters meant that I always had someone to perform with. We loved to dress up and my mother gave us her old clothes and shoes. We would pretend that we were queens and go shopping or to parties. My mother would always take us shopping and she would be dressing up in party dresses to go to balls and other fundraisers/ functions. I guess we learned from her and then we would perform/ pretend that we were grown ups. We would put on shows for our fake audience - our dolls and bears.]]> 2022-11-25 08:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2397698225 The outdoors natalieselvaggi https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2399071217 The outdoors kept us very busy! My top memories of play were with my siblings, where we spent most of our days playing outside. We used our garden, which magically turned into a bakery (mud kitchen), a battleground (playing with water balloons), and a horse race (chasing our dogs), among others. When we felt brave, we collected bugs and turned our garden into an insect museum. ]]> 2022-11-27 13:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2399071217 Pretend play Brigitte_Du_Guesclin https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2401330083 I remember making rooms with hay bales in my grandparent's barn to play house with my cousins.]]> 2022-11-29 04:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2401330083 Brigitte_Du_Guesclin https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2401332542 I remember hanging from my grandparent's farming equipment and pretending I was a gymnast doing a routine.]]> 2022-11-29 04:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2401332542 Brigitte_Du_Guesclin https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2401352081 I remember playing with a magnified glass in the sun and learning that I can start fires, oops]]> 2022-11-29 04:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2401352081 Play Memory https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2401790327 I grew up in a country town in South Australia, and we had an empty paddock next door to our house. My favourite memories are of playing in the mud in the paddock, and getting lovely and messy. I would use my imagination to create things out of the mud. The other memory I have is of climbing the big old pepper tree that grew there. I remember the feeling of power and freedom as I climbed up to about the height of the roof of our house. My favourite memories are of outdoor play, and I just remember the wonderful sense of peace and wellbeing I had as I played, and the freedom from adult supervision.
Louise Lomu]]> 2022-11-29 12:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2401790327 i remember a memory of placing all my teddy bears and bratz dolls out, lining them all up and pretending the toys were the children in my class. I would also read picture books to them and make them do easy maths on a mini whiteboard. https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2407356774 2022-12-03 06:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2407356774 Memory https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2410111189 One of my first memories of play when I was little was making mud pies and getting the biggest thrill from my sisters pretending to eat them and saying how delicious they were. 

I loved climbing trees and playing in the sand. I enjoyed role playing with my siblings. We would set up schools and shops and build cubby houses. We would play “young talent time” and perform for the judges (we would take turns at performing and judging).

I loved dolls, especially barbie. I could always be found dressing them and brushing their hair, and role playing with them, unlike one of my sisters who would love to pull off their heads and cut off all their hair. ]]> 2022-12-06 03:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2410111189 Play Memory sarahgmorice https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2411794185 I grew up on a sailing boat, and we spend the first 12 years of my life roaming the Indian Ocean. We would spend months on deserted islands and with my siblings we would build/dig cars in the sand and play that we went driving around. We never owned a car, so I guess this was a very exciting thing to have! ]]> 2022-12-07 07:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2411794185 I loved to play outside in the dirt with plastic farm animals. My most vivid memory. https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2426280867 2022-12-21 01:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/m_bankes/z410q74s214s1x1z/wish/2426280867