Freedom to Play : We Made Our Own Fun.
Title:
Freedom to Play : We Made Our Own Fun.
Author:
Lewis, Norah L.
ISBN:
9780889207318
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Series:
Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
Contents:
CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY -- Betty Bell: The Fair Land -- Anna V.M. Robinson: Happy Mountaineers -- Fanny Heeks: Good Times at Oakville -- Don Clay: The Absolute Freedom We Had -- Helga Erlindson: A Trip on a Steamer -- Wild Rose: Wild Flowers -- Eileen Scott Campbell: We Were Free to Roam -- A Farmer Boy: (untitled) -- R.B. Green: We Always Found Something to Do -- Earl Sherman: I Was Into Everything When It Came to Sports -- Peggy Sherman: Songs to Sing, Games to Play, and Places to Explore -- Rex G. Krepps: When Our Parents Were Away -- Dick Saunders: Growing Up in North-Central British Columbia -- Gary L. Saunders: Rattles and Steadies: Memoirs of a Gander River Man -- Judy Wells: I Can't Remember a Dull Moment -- Paul Barker: The Effects of a Distant War -- Kim Gosse Hilliard: My Games Parallel My Life -- PLAYING IS PLAYING WHEN SHARED -- Ethel Swan: Maple Leaf Club Picnic -- Chick: Strange Bedfellows -- The Kay Children -- Scouts and Smoking: (untitled) -- Barry Broadfoot: The Very Best Time for Us -- Janet McNab: School Field Day -- Byron Kingsbury: Sports Were Fine -- Ellsworth V. Griffin: Went to Picnic in an Ox Cart -- Margaret Muskett: Going to Make a Playhouse -- Reggie Meeks: Boys' Farming Club -- Ann Thrasher Rogers: From Small Town to Big City -- Hattie Morrill: Camp Fire Girl -- Iola Crouse: A Charivari -- Ivy Moulton: How I Had Fun as a Kid -- Dawn McKim: We Had Freedom Galore -- Wilhemena Rosin: More Praise for the Red Cross -- Bill Wells: Being Youngest Had Its Advantages -- Janet Reid: Growing Up in the Ottawa Area -- Janet Marshall: Cut Outs and Other Games -- Olga Kudurudz: Dauphin Fair -- Mary Kett: (Untitled) -- Nellie Mailie: Camping with the Guides -- Pathfinder-in-Chief: Boy Scout Week -- Jean Wilson: A Very Busy Childhood.
Tony Plomp: Through the Eyes of a Newcomer -- Polly King: Paper Doll Poems -- PLAYING IS PLAYING GAMES -- Henry Barone: We Knew How to Have Fun -- Hal C. Sisson: Lefty Wilson and the Naked Lady -- Mariposa Lily: A Fine Coasting Tray -- Clarence Orser: Made a Pair of Skis -- Anemone: Tennis and Golf -- Ina Trudgeon: The Games Kids (Used to) Play -- Laura Whitelaw: A Game of War -- Ruth Pinder: A Skating Party -- Theodore Holden: Making a Rink -- Freda Mallory: We Organized Ourselves -- Margaret Walker: Every Season Had Its Activities -- Gwyneth Davies: A Skating Party -- Fred Greaves: Games of War -- Walter Kenyon: Scotch Games at Banff -- Helen Porter: Playing Marbles the St. John's Way -- Hugh and Jim McCullum: Childhood Games in the Yukon in the 1930s -- Margaret Nichols: Growing Up in Quebec -- Lis Schmidt Robert: There Were Lots of Playmates -- Twilight: Spring Sport -- Helen Hansen: Seems Like Old Times -- Olive Kastaskuk: A "Muligan" Roast -- CREATING THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT -- Evan Shute: Insect Collection -- Simon Gaudet: A Mechanical Leaf -- Danny Goosen: Enjoys Doing Fretwork -- E.H. Harris: Building Boats Along the Skeena -- Margaret Dwyer: Birds Returning -- Carl Victor Friesen: Whoopie Ti Yi Yo! -- Rolland Lewis: Infected by a Radio Bug -- John Fedoruk: A Radio Made from a Razor Blade -- Marilyn Barker: Alone but Not Lonely -- Audrey Kendall: It Was a Magical Time -- Hollyhock: Try Crab-apple Pie -- Glen Sullivan: I Made My Own Toys -- Shirley Sterling: Seepeetza Gets a Doll -- ANIMALS: FRIEND, FOE, OR FOOD -- Harold Zwick: Hunting Gophers in Saskatchewan -- Ken Strong: Very Special Friends -- Fred J. Bicknell: A Young Sportsman -- Arthur Kay: Fond of Hunting -- Lloyd Essex: Our Duck Hunt -- Everett Sharpe: Bunny for a Playmate -- Hazel M. Buckler: A Wonderful Pony -- Richard Asher: Feeding the Birds.
Laurena Saunders: Jottings for My Family -- THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO -- Johnstone Willett: A Picnic Excursion -- Ernest Q. Herne: A Bob Sled -- Gladys M. Davidson: A School Picnic -- Shizuye Takashima: Christmas in a Prison Camp -- Sing Lim: Celebrating Chinese New Year -- Andy MacDonald: Oh! My Poor Duck -- Ian and Lee Rennie: Space, Freedom, Active, Love -- Lis Schmidt Robert: Victoria Day in Ponoka -- Norman St. Clair-Sulis: A Lot of Strenuous Outdoor Fun -- W.J. Phillips: Fun Was Seasonal in Edmonton -- Rural: Across the Prairies on a Pony -- Nick Green: My Favourite Pastime Was Going Trouting -- Donna Palmer Ebbutt: A Very Special Time -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
"When we were children we made our own fun" is a frequent comment from those who were children in pre-television times. But what games, activities and amusements did children enjoy prior to the mid-1950s? Recollections of older Canadians, selections from writings by Canadian authors and letters written to the children's pages of agricultural publications indicate that for most children play was then, as now, an essential part of childhood. Through play, youngsters developed the physical, mental and emotional skills that helped them cope with life and taught them to get along with other children. In both rural and urban settings, children were generally free to explore their environment. They were sent outdoors to play by both parents and teachers. Their games were generally self-organized and physically active, with domestic animals acting as important companions and playmates. Children frequently made their own toys and equipment, and, since playing rather than winning was important, most children were included in games. Special days, holidays and organizations for children and youth provided welcome breaks from daily routines. Their lives were busy, but there was always time for play, always time for fun. Norah Lewis has provided an entertaining view of the toys, games and activities in Canada and pre-confederate Newfoundland from approximately 1900 through 1955. Her book will be of interest to historians, educators and sociologists, as well as anyone who lived through, or wants to know more about,those early years in Canada, and the games children used to play.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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