# World Play Day

# Playing all over the world

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Chalkboard blackboard. Prawny. Pixabay. CC0

## Did you know there is a Play Day?

Nowadays there are days dedicated to celebrate many different things: Children's Day, Peace Day, Environment Day...

- Have you ever celebrated it?
- Where do you think it is celebrated?
- When is it celebrated?
- Who started it? When?
- Why do you think this day is important? What do we celebrate?

Perhaps this video can inspire you a little bit...

World Play Day 2017. Instituto de Apoio àCriança. (Accessed on 11/06/2018).

Think about the answers with your group and write them in a piece of paper.

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Feedback confirming. Geralt. Pixabay. CC0

Now it's time to present your ideas to the other groups. Listen to them carefully and RESPECT all the ideas.

You are going to find the answers in the next activity!! GOOD LUCK!!

# What is the World Play Day?

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Girls read . Kidaha. Pixabay. CC0

Read the World Play Day article from the Play and Playground Encyclopedia (Accessed on 11/06/2018) carefully and then try to complete some parts of the article with your memory. If you don't remember everything you can read it again.

Kindergarten children. Regenwalke0. Pixabay. CC0

If you have problems with the vocabulary, you can look it up in the Cambridge dictionary.

When you finish, you will find feedback to the previous questions!! GOOD LUCK!!

The World Cloze (1): JXUwMDA4JXUwMDNjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDE4 Day, sponsored by the Cloze (2): JXUwMDExJXUwMDI3JXUwMDFhJXUwMDExJXUwMDE3JXUwMDFjJXUwMDBmJXUwMDE1JXUwMDFkJXUw MDA2JXUwMDAxJXUwMDBmJXUwMDBkJXUwMDRjJXUwMDc0JXUwMDNiJXUwMDE2JXUwMDU5JXUwMDZj JXUwMDI1JXUwMDBiJXUwMDEwJXUwMDEzJXUwMDEzJXUwMDBiJXUwMDU5JXUwMDYxJXUwMDMyJXUw MDAwJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBjJXUwMDBhJXUwMDA4JXUwMDE1JXUwMDFkJXUwMDA2JXUwMDAx (ITLA), is held on the 28th of Cloze (3): JXUwMDE1JXUwMDJjJXUwMDE4 to commemorate the day the ITLA was proposed in 1987. Unlike most official “days,” the World Play Day is more of an Cloze (4): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDE1JXUwMDAwJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFkJXUwMDAxJXUwMDExJXUwMDAx of connecting generations through play than a day of scheduled or planned events.

During the 8th International Toy Library Association Conference in Japan in Cloze (5): JXUwMDY5JXUwMDA4JXUwMDAwJXUwMDAw , Dr. Freda Kim, a Cloze (6): JXUwMDFhJXUwMDMwJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFhJXUwMDFi teacher and play advocate, suggested the World Play Day. Two years later in 2001, the date was Cloze (7): JXUwMDNjJXUwMDAxJXUwMDA2JXUwMDBhJXUwMDBkJXUwMDAxJXUwMDAx during a board meeting in Florence, Italy and has been celebrated yearly since then.

Dr. Cloze (8): JXUwMDEzJXUwMDIyJXUwMDA0 captures the essence of the day when she suggests, “ Cloze (9): JXUwMDE5JXUwMDJkJXUwMDAwJXUwMDAzJXUwMDE4 a child to play to-day. Cloze (10): JXUwMDBmJXUwMDM2JXUwMDE1JXUwMDE3JXUwMDBi a child play to-day. Cloze (11): JXUwMDA4JXUwMDNjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDE4 with a child to-day."

In 2011, Dr. Kim expanded the Cloze (12): JXUwMDM2JXUwMDBiJXUwMDAwJXUwMDAx for play to especially include children in disaster and war zones.

"By allowing children to play you are helping them to a Cloze (13): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDBkJXUwMDA0JXUwMDBkJXUwMDE4JXUwMDFjJXUwMDEx adulthood.”

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Feedback confirming. Geralt. Pixabay. CC0

Compare your group answers to these:

- Where do you think it is celebrated? All over the world.
- When is it celebrated? On the 28th of May to commemorate the day the ITLA proposed in 1987.
- Who started it? When? During the 8th International Toy Library Association Conference in Japan in 1999, Dr. Freda Kim, a British teacher and play advocate, suggested the World Play Day.
- Why do you think this day is important? Because by allowing children to play you are helping them to a healthy adulthood.
- What do we celebrate? A day for multiple generations to interact in playful ways in their daily lives and the need for play to especially include children in disaster and war zones.

# Celebrating this special day...

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Teamwork team. Geralt. Pixabay. CC0

# Have you ever celebrated World Play Day in your school?

Let's have a look at three schools celebrating this special day. Then discuss with your group about it:

- Do you recognise the games they are playing?
- Do you know the names?
- Did you play them?
- Do you like them?
- What differences do you see between the three schools?
- What cultures do you think they are?
- Are they different to your school? Why or why not?

World Play Day 1. IMad Um. (Accessed on 11/06/2018).

World Play Day in Portugal. ITLA Conference 2017. (Accessed on 11/06/2018).

World play day . Letcee. (Accessed on 11/06/2018).

With your group, write down a proposal with different ideas to celebrate the next World Play Day in your school.

You can find inspiration in the previous videos or asking other students in the school but REMEMBER to involve all the students in the school and the teachers because the essence of the day is to interact.

Jassen card game. Annca. Pixabay. CC0

# Feedback

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Feedback confirming. Geralt. Pixabay. CC0

Present your proposal to the rest of the class and listen to the other ideas.

When all the groups finish, we are going to vote for the best idea of each group and write a common proposal for the school to celebrate the next World Play Day.

# What are we learning?

Record with your group in OBS STUDIO the new words or ideas of this lesson, you can give examples or show pictures.

Do you need help? Have a look at the video with the instructions on Playing time page.

Save your recording in your group folder with the name: Progress 1.

Success Gradual. Geralt. Pixabay. CC0

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