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Play on the Line: All children have the right to play

Description:

All children have the right to play. This book is about children from London and Western Sahara, living in refugee camps, and how they play. It explores many aspects of play, how children play, why they play, how they can grow through play and try out new ideas. This is illustrated beautifully by children's drawings, words and photographs. Often I wasn't aware of which communities had created the drawings or where the photos had been taken, which gave a strong sense that play was a common experience to these children with very different backgrounds. The book also explores how sometimes children cannot play, because the have to work or grow up too quickly or because of war. Although designed primarily to be used in the Literacy Hour [England] to develop persuasive language, it has much wider uses. Also see Making Music on the Line, Focus on Swallows and Swallow Tale.

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Book

• Price: £17.50
• ISBN: 1 873928 18 1

Items
Subjects:	Citizenship, English, Environmental Studies, ESD / Global Citizenship, Geography, Local and Global Citizens, RE / RS, Religious/Moral Education
Topics:	Community, Environment, Human rights, Identity, Participation, Play and toys, Refugees / Asylum, Urban
Age Ranges:	7-11, 11-14
Keystages:	2, C, D, E
Countries / Regions:	Africa, Algeria, Europe, United Kingdom
Publication Date:	2000
Publishers:	Humanities Education Centre