These are some of our favorite picture books to help you create a culture of Play-Making with your children.
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Play-Makers feel most Alive when Playing…and Making
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Play-Makers are Beautifully Brave
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Play-Makers Chase Challenges
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Play-Makers are Daring Designers
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Play-Makers Eagerly Explore. Exploring inspires exciting ideas.
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Play-Makers feel free to…1. Fail 2. Feel frustrated 3. Figure it out
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Play-Makers get to Grapple with Gaps. Important ideas are worth the struggle.
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Play-Makers Help with their Head, Heart, and Hands. Helping wakes up hope.
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Play-Makers find Inspiration Everywhere. The best ideas can be found in unexpected places.
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Play-Makers Joyfully Juxtapose. Some ideas are designed to surprise and delight
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Play-Makers stay Keenly Connected to the Flow of their Souls.
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Play-Makers Love to Listen and Listen to Love
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Play-Makers Map and Model to Capture their Magic
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Play-Makers need do-Nothing Moments
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Play-Makers (Often) Opt for Off-Roading
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Play-Makers Pursue the Power of New Perspectives
Walking Together
By: Elder Albert Marshall and Louise Zimany
Illustrated by: Emily Kewageshig
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Play-Makers ask Bold Questions
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Play-Makers Retain the Right to Play
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Play-Makers have Special Spots for Studios
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Play-Makers Take Time to Try, (and Try, and Try, and Try, again)
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Play-Makers have fun Unscrewing, Unraveling, Uncovering, Unwrapping, Unfastening, Un_____ to Understand
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Play-Makers are Willing to Feel Vulnerable
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Play-Makers Wonder…What Happens When We Take Play Away?
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All Play-Makers have X-Factors
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Play-Makers ask whY and whY not?
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Play-Makers Contribute to their Community with Zest!
