Here are some helpful resources for volunteers if you are interested in learning more about loose parts! Loose Parts Recess is an extension of the Adventure Playground model which developed in Europe after WWII. At the core of the pedagogy are providing open ended materials that foster a child’s innate desire to create, deconstruct, and reconfigured elements again and again.

Video: History of Adventure Playgrounds
Video: The Land - Current Adventure playground
Video: Scrapstore PlayPod - Loose Parts Recess UK
Video: Loose Parts Recess Portland
Video: Voices of Children - Research project of kids playing around the world
Video: Anji Play - Loose parts in China

Loose Parts Webinar Series
Class #1 https://youtu.be/Z2mhYKQgxmM
Class #2 https://youtu.be/i0P1k9Zv9eY
Class #3 https://youtu.be/SLwyE7ehhP0

For more learning: Pop-Up Adventure Play