Play is children’s work
June 23, 2008
Play is an important, healthy and functional part of development. If children are denied opportunity for play their development becomes constipated.
Social Workers and Psychologists assess for age and development appropriate play tools and opportunities in child safety and family assessments. With age appropriate play comes risk management. Parents who spend time thinking about the range of activities and how to minimise risk around those activities generally have well adjusted children - children who are doing their job of being children.
Many parents also play. An accepted form of a mental health top up, play keeps us fresh, invigorated and in touch with our family priorities. In Cairns our opportunity for outside play is endless. A beautiful part of the world characterised by outdoor living, palm trees and ocean, our Muddy’s Playground is a place I love to go to play work at 
I’m not sure who has the better time at Muddy’s Playground on the Cairns Esplanade, Master 12 or myself. One thing is for sure though - clean teeth is a must when visiting this park, kids. There are so many birds that it would be dreadful if a bird flew into your mouth and started picking out all the food! Master 12 wouldn’t believe it a possibility….until a bird started following him around! Risk manage around child safety and make sure you clean your teeth!
The kewl chicky babes from Three Times Kewl are coming to visit Cairns. I’ll be taking them to work - at Muddy’s. This is the range of outdoor, child safe, child friendly, development oriented play they can expect:
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Awesome!! Check out that fish!!
And the twin slides! And the water park! And the rope course! And a big kid to hang out with! How kewl!
Oh, and the kewl girls like the look of it, too.
my son would have a ball there.
What a fantastic park!!! I say having fun is a great way to aid your child’s development.
We are ‘big’ Muddy’s fans here…someone gets very exited at the mere mention of it. The Pirate Ship is also very popular here too, though the last couple of times we’ve been (over the course of 3 weeks) we, or rather I, have been attacked by Midgies. It will be a while before I return back there…
I wish you would do another how to have clear communication that is respectful with people you disagree with and don’t like–you want to be kind to these people but you feel angry at them…
or /and
better communication with your family-
Being a big kid at heart I love to play. Muddy’s is a sensational spot for people to enjoy time with the family.
I guess when I get grandbabies ( I will be 100 by then) I could go there more often.
Birdwing
cool!
Muddy’s looks amazing. I love hearing sane voices espousing the benefits of play. I think play is undervalued by many parents at the moment.