Podcasts about playborhood

Where did childhood go? No kids on bikes

Mike Lanza, author of Playbordhood join us! In a world where screens dominate and structured activities consume children's time, Mike shares his journey from being astonished by the lack of independent play to becoming a catalyst for change in his neighborhood. Discover the challenges of modern neighborhoods, the impact of a lack of outdoor play, and the circular network effect that keeps kids indoors. Mike explores innovative solutions to make neighborhoods exciting again, from front-yard play areas to creating spaces that appeal to a broad age range. Learn about the crucial role of multi-age items, fostering independence in children, and the delicate balance between facilitating and controlling. The conversation delves into the importance of risk-taking as a skill, the shift from child-led to parent-led interactions, and the need for parents to invest in their children's independence. Gain valuable insights into creating vibrant, child-centric communities that empower kids to play with abandon, take risks, and ultimately lead happier, more fulfilling lives. Tune in to explore practical ideas for transforming your neighborhood into a haven for children's play and discover how empowering kids to embrace independence can shape a brighter future for them and the communities they inhabit. ** Learn more about Mike Lanza here >> https://playborhood.com/ Purchase your copy of Playborhood here >> https://amzn.to/47DrphR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Lanza, author of Playbordhood join us! In a world where screens dominate and structured activities consume children's time, Mike shares his journey from being astonished by the lack of independent play to becoming a catalyst for change in his neighborhood. Discover the challenges of modern neighborhoods, the impact of a lack of outdoor play, and the circular network effect that keeps kids indoors. Mike explores innovative solutions to make neighborhoods exciting again, from front-yard play areas to creating spaces that appeal to a broad age range. Learn about the crucial role of multi-age items, fostering independence in children, and the delicate balance between facilitating and controlling. The conversation delves into the importance of risk-taking as a skill, the shift from child-led to parent-led interactions, and the need for parents to invest in their children's independence. Gain valuable insights into creating vibrant, child-centric communities that empower kids to play with abandon, take risks, and ultimately lead happier, more fulfilling lives. Tune in to explore practical ideas for transforming your neighborhood into a haven for children's play and discover how empowering kids to embrace independence can shape a brighter future for them and the communities they inhabit. ** Learn more about Mike Lanza here >> https://playborhood.com/ Purchase your copy of Playborhood here >> https://amzn.to/47DrphR ** Save an extra 10% on every order from Good Ranchers with my code "1000hours" and get free shipping, plus a 100% satisfaction guarantee. No stress, no risk, just America's best meat delivered. Shop here >> https://www.goodranchers.com/

We spend some time reminiscing about our own childhoods and how we played. We discuss how we can create this sort of environment for our kids.Mike’s book is Playborhood.Mike’s website.Mike Lanza on Twitter, @PlayborhoodDescribe your play as a child.Give a little bit of your background moving from PA to the Bay Area.When you were about to become a dad, you began to search for a way to let your kid (and now kids) have a similar experience. Describe that search. What were you looking for and what did you find?In your book, Playborhood, you mention that our culture is antagonistic toward play and how tv differs now from how play is portrayed.What do you see as the benefits of kids “running wild”? (Not literally, but more “free range”).What are the features you look (or looked) for in a neighborhood?How did you get other kids to venture out?

When adults today look back on their time as children, many of their memories may come from moments when they were engaged in free play with kids in their neighborhood — exploring creeks, riding bikes, and playing pick-up sports. Moments like these, occurring outside of adult-imposed structures, put children in a position to make decisions, take risks, and navigate social relationships. Now parents are much more likely to organize playdates on behalf of their children or push them into organized sports and summer camps. But do these interactions provide the same kinds of learning experiences? If parents value free play, what choice do they have? In Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood into a Place for Play (Free Play Press, 2012), Mike Lanza describes how individual families can establish hangout spaces for kids in order to foster self-reliance and joy for their children and build community with their neighbors. Lanza joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about his work on his website. To share your thoughts on the podcast, you can connect with him on Twitter at @playborhood. You can reach the host on Twitter at @tsmattea. Trevor Mattea is an educational consultant and speaker. His areas of expertise include deeper learning, parent involvement, project-based learning, and technology integration. He can be reached at info@trevormattea.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When adults today look back on their time as children, many of their memories may come from moments when they were engaged in free play with kids in their neighborhood — exploring creeks, riding bikes, and playing pick-up sports. Moments like these, occurring outside of adult-imposed structures, put children in a position to make decisions, take risks, and navigate social relationships. Now parents are much more likely to organize playdates on behalf of their children or push them into organized sports and summer camps. But do these interactions provide the same kinds of learning experiences? If parents value free play, what choice do they have? In Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood into a Place for Play (Free Play Press, 2012), Mike Lanza describes how individual families can establish hangout spaces for kids in order to foster self-reliance and joy for their children and build community with their neighbors. Lanza joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about his work on his website. To share your thoughts on the podcast, you can connect with him on Twitter at @playborhood. You can reach the host on Twitter at @tsmattea. Trevor Mattea is an educational consultant and speaker. His areas of expertise include deeper learning, parent involvement, project-based learning, and technology integration. He can be reached at info@trevormattea.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When adults today look back on their time as children, many of their memories may come from moments when they were engaged in free play with kids in their neighborhood — exploring creeks, riding bikes, and playing pick-up sports. Moments like these, occurring outside of adult-imposed structures, put children in a position to make decisions, take risks, and navigate social relationships. Now parents are much more likely to organize playdates on behalf of their children or push them into organized sports and summer camps. But do these interactions provide the same kinds of learning experiences? If parents value free play, what choice do they have? In Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood into a Place for Play (Free Play Press, 2012), Mike Lanza describes how individual families can establish hangout spaces for kids in order to foster self-reliance and joy for their children and build community with their neighbors. Lanza joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about his work on his website. To share your thoughts on the podcast, you can connect with him on Twitter at @playborhood. You can reach the host on Twitter at @tsmattea. Trevor Mattea is an educational consultant and speaker. His areas of expertise include deeper learning, parent involvement, project-based learning, and technology integration. He can be reached at info@trevormattea.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When adults today look back on their time as children, many of their memories may come from moments when they were engaged in free play with kids in their neighborhood — exploring creeks, riding bikes, and playing pick-up sports. Moments like these, occurring outside of adult-imposed structures, put children in a position to make decisions, take risks, and navigate social relationships. Now parents are much more likely to organize playdates on behalf of their children or push them into organized sports and summer camps. But do these interactions provide the same kinds of learning experiences? If parents value free play, what choice do they have? In Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood into a Place for Play (Free Play Press, 2012), Mike Lanza describes how individual families can establish hangout spaces for kids in order to foster self-reliance and joy for their children and build community with their neighbors. Lanza joins New Books in Education for the interview. You can find more information about his work on his website. To share your thoughts on the podcast, you can connect with him on Twitter at @playborhood. You can reach the host on Twitter at @tsmattea. Trevor Mattea is an educational consultant and speaker. His areas of expertise include deeper learning, parent involvement, project-based learning, and technology integration. He can be reached at info@trevormattea.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helicopter Parenting might keep your children safe in the short term, but what life skills are they missing out on for the long term that they gain through free play?Mike Lanza, Author of the book Playborhood, recognised a huge part of childhood that children seemed to be missing out on when he first had children of his own.  What were his fondest memories as a child, playing at a neighborhood hangout with friends, making up games, creating your own rules and culture seemed to be a thing of the past.  He's created a movement to bring back 'The Third Place' for kids, a sociologically important place where children build resilience, self-relience and independence among other things."Playing on your own, it's not just an instinct, it's also a skill and children who do it a lot get quite good at it".Show notes:Pay attention to kids lives.  "What kids are missing out on today... these were our best memories".The Third Place, is fundamental to human beings, but it's being replaced by social media.The magic of continuity of play.Kids used to play "Pick-up Sports' where kids make the decisions and their own rules.The safety factor, how to make it safe for your kids to hang out in their neighbourhood.Time in front of the TV of computer is time taken away from interacting in the real world."It's never too early to start getting your kids in touch with your neighbourhood"How to create a neighbourhood hangout.How being contoroling as  a parent can be counter productive.The three ingredients for developing independence and self-relience.'If you invest the time when your kids are young it's a win-win".www.playborhood.com

Helicopter Parenting might keep your children safe in the short term, but what life skills are they missing out on for the long term that they gain through free play?Mike Lanza, Author of the book Playborhood, recognised a huge part of childhood that children seemed to be missing out on when he first had children of his own.  What were his fondest memories as a child, playing at a neighborhood hangout with friends, making up games, creating your own rules and culture seemed to be a thing of the past.  He's created a movement to bring back 'The Third Place' for kids, a sociologically important place where children build resilience, self-relience and independence among other things."Playing on your own, it's not just an instinct, it's also a skill and children who do it a lot get quite good at it".Show notes:Pay attention to kids lives.  "What kids are missing out on today... these were our best memories".The Third Place, is fundamental to human beings, but it's being replaced by social media.The magic of continuity of play.Kids used to play "Pick-up Sports' where kids make the decisions and their own rules.The safety factor, how to make it safe for your kids to hang out in their neighbourhood.Time in front of the TV of computer is time taken away from interacting in the real world."It's never too early to start getting your kids in touch with your neighbourhood"How to create a neighbourhood hangout.How being contoroling as  a parent can be counter productive.The three ingredients for developing independence and self-relience.'If you invest the time when your kids are young it's a win-win".www.playborhood.com

Sometimes we parent-crush from afar and sometimes we parent-crush on people whose homes we can see from our front porch. This episode Drew and Whitney talk with Drew’s neighbors about owning a used bookshop, changing careers while parenting, and how to create a neighborhood built for children. Plus, we chat about holiday gift giving and receiving with kids, and weird names for grandparents. Resources & Links from this episode: -- West Side Stories, the Petri’s used book shop: http://www.westside-stories.com/ -- Playborhood: http://playborhood.com/ -- Whitney’s Thing: The New Book of Family Traditions by Meg Cox, http://bit.ly/1RyAKw2 -- Drew’s Place: Comedy Sportz (be sure to check out Drew’s photo), http://www.cszbuffalo.com/ Just a Phase is produced by Whitney Crispell. Theme music is “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba, and used under a Creative Commons license.

Public spaces bring our cities and towns to life – they’re where we gather with friends, take breaks from the office and bask in the sunshine on a warm summer day. But much of the public realm is lifeless and overly utilitarian. Wouldn’t it be nice if parking lots could make you smile, or if transit stops were so fun that you sort of hope the bus will be late? On this CommunityMatters conference call recording, you’ll hear from Mike Lanza of Playborhood and Brian Corrigan of Oh Heck Yeah. They’re working on creative placemaking strategies to turn ordinary places into fun-filled ones. Listen in for great ideas on making your city or town a more playful place. Find call notes online at http://bit.ly/1808U5S. Photo credit: Flickr user Mr T in DC.