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playthreadbare.bsky.social
Thatch?...slate?...tiles?...

Wool!

Threadbare homes have woollen roofs.

Play Threadbare:
play.threadbare.game

#PlayMatters #Threadbare #ThreadbareGame #Godot #GodotEngine #GameDev #OpenSource #CommunityGameDevelopment
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
childaidee.bsky.social
Esther House, #Moldova: a safe space for kids at risk to laugh, learn & grow—no phones needed! www.childaidee.org.uk/appeal/esthe...
Play unlocks imagination. Imagination unlocks potential. ✨
#ChildAidEE #PlayMatters #UnlockPotential #childrenscharity
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
playthreadbare.bsky.social
Everything in the world of Threadbare is...well...threadbare.

Like this tiny house with a patchwork roof and a buttoned window.

Who lives here?

Play Threadbare:
play.threadbare.game

#PlayMatters #Threadbare #ThreadbareGame #Godot #GodotEngine #GameDev #OpenSource #CommunityGameDevelopment
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
stephenreidedu.bsky.social
Everything in the world of Threadbare is...well...threadbare.

Like this tiny house with patchwork roof and a buttoned window.

Who lives here?

Play Threadbare:
play.threadbare.game

#PlayMatters #Threadbare #ThreadbareGame #Godot #GodotEngine #GameDev #OpenSource #CommunityGameDevelopment
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
playthreadbare.bsky.social
Hushroom
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noun /ˈhʌʃ.ruːm/ /ˈhʌʃ.rʊm/

A small, fleshy, sentient spore-producing body of 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘴 fungi. Shy and quiet, they hide from passers-by, emitting a "Hu" to warn of danger and a "sh" when safe.

#PlayMatters #Threabare #ThreadbareGame #Godot #GitHub #GameDev #OpenSource
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
playthreadbare.bsky.social
When first considering the creative style for #Threadbare, I was drawn back to Amiga Classic, #CannonFodder (1993) by Sensible Software. A marvel of pixel art and sound/music, with totally unique gameplay.

- Stephen Reid, Creative Director

#PlayMatters #ThreadbareGame #Godot #GameDev #Jops #Jools
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
playthreadbare.bsky.social
Check out this wheat crop, added recently by one of our learners. Designed, animated, coded, and contributed in Godot as part of our learning programs.

Play Threadbare here: play.threadbare.game
Contribute here: github.com/endlessm/threadbare

#PlayMatters #Threadbare #OpenSource #CGM #GameDev
November 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
playthreadbare.bsky.social
#Threadbare has a logo!

Threadbare is an open-source, community-made video game that you can play and contribute to. Help us reweave a dying world.

Play here:
play.threadbare.game

Contribute here:
github.com/endlessm/thr...

#PlayMatters #Threadbare #ThreadbareGame #Godot #GodotEngine #GameDev
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
perlsp.bsky.social
#morningrun and #morningcoffee in Washington DC. Starting facilitator training tomorrow, full group, mostly Americans but two Europeans decided to cross the pond and join us

#LEGOSERIOUSPLAY #playmatters  #rewirestrategy #rewireyourbrain #neverstoplearning #espresso #singleorigin #run #runhappy
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
thespiel.bsky.social
Now that the dust has settled, here's a wrap up of our Essen Spiel 2025 adventures!

thespielfoundation.com?p=19948

#playmatters #spielfoundation #boardgames
Essen Spiel 2025 - The Spiel Foundation
Essen Spiel 2025 Essen 2025 was a fantastic experience for team Spiel! At our booth, we hosted four demo tables, featuring 23 games from five different countries: Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Austra...
thespielfoundation.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
stephenreidedu.bsky.social
Excited to be sponsoring and attending #GodotFest this week in Munich, Germany. The air is thick with coding creativity.

Threadbare is bringing Godot to educators and learners across the world.

#PlayMatters #Threadbare #ThreadbareGame #GameDevelopment #GameDev #Godot #GodotEngine #OpenSource
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
playgroundology.bsky.social
Under the baobab playgroundology.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/u... - PlaySnaps number 18 - #playmatters #playeveryday #justplay
Under the baobab
Number 18 in the ‘PlaySnaps’ series, photos about, well p-l-a-y. Under the Baobab – Queen’s Park, Bridgetown, Barbados – 2008 A newly minted three-year-old in this pic, Noah…
playgroundology.wordpress.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
aaronearlyyears.bsky.social
The Early Years are at a crossroads.

Between checklists and child development.
Between performance and play.
Between data and developmentally appropriate practice.

Which path will we choose?
👉 www.early-years-reviews.com/post/the-ear...

#EarlyYears #PlayMatters #ChildDevelopment #SchoolReadiness
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
aaronearlyyears.bsky.social
🌱 Tomorrow I’ll be speaking at #NurseryWorldConference about rethinking school readiness.

It’s not about checklists, it’s about who children are.

Play, relationships & belonging are the real foundations of readiness.

#StartingStrong #PlayMatters #ChildInTheNOW #EarlyYears
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
New homes must mean new communities — with safe spaces for children to play.
Play isn’t optional infrastructure, it’s essential — and it’s time that was written into law.

#PlayMatters #HealthyCommunities | @PlayEngland
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Healthy communities need safe, accessible spaces where children can play.

Today I’m asking the government to ensure our planning system makes space for play in housing developments.

#PlayMatters #HealthyCommunities
Green Party graphic featuring Natalie Bennett’s quote. The background shows a child on a swing in a park at sunset, with warm light filtering through trees. The headline reads: “Planning should make space for play.” Below, the quote says: “Play is essential for children’s healthy development. Today I plan to ask the House of Lords’ planning decisions to take account of that, with a ‘play sufficiency’ amendment — promoted by Play England — to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. We need to build healthy communities, not just housing.” Natalie Bennett’s name and title, Green Party Peer, appear at the bottom alongside the Green Party logo.
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
aaronearlyyears.bsky.social
New publication now live 📢
Written by the Early Childhood Maths Group, this resource explores how to nurture early mathematical thinking through play and developmentally-appropriate practice.

📄 Download: www.early-years-reviews.com/_files/ugd/c...

Please share.
#EYFS #PlayMatters #EarlyMaths
October 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
aaronearlyyears.bsky.social
This time next week I am heading to China for my second visit. A few days in Shanghai, Ningbo, Hangzhou and Xiamen. Early Childhood and early education. Visiting Universities, primary schools and Kindergartens. #PlayMatters is also something I will be sharing. #edusky #EarlyYearsSky
November 22, 2024 at 12:53 PM
perlsp.bsky.social
#runningsandals on-tour - in Dammam

Underwhelmed by my #morningrun, so went waterfront. Better but Dammam seems to be a city under (re-construction)

#LEGOSERIOUSPLAY (tomorrow)  #playmatters #neverstoplearning #running #run #dammam
February 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
drerinbyrd.bsky.social
Invest in green space and play space! Encouraging play benefits the planet as well as kids apparently 😆 #playmatters #outdoorplay
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jan 17
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.

Good trade.
Change in Paris air quality between 2007 and 2023 using visuals
January 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
eitanokun.bsky.social
Venturing to nature and climbing rocks isn’t just fun—it’s science! Accumulating research in the past several years add compelling evidence to the claim that risky play boosts resilience, confidence, & mental health.

#ChildDevelopment #PlayMatters #safety #playgrounds
January 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
childrennaturally.bsky.social
I had a great time presenting on the importance of Letting Children Play today at the First Nations Early Learning and Child Care conference. Thank you for this beautiful. It will look fantastic in my office! 🙂
#earlylearningandchildcare #playmatters #firstnations #connections #presenter #EduSky
February 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
perlsp.bsky.social
#runningsandals on-tour, in Dubai. After the cold in Shanghai, Copenhagen and Istanbul, nice with a run on Jumeirah beach. Starting facilitator training in LEGO SERIOUS PLAY tomorrow, on Friday MENA community meeting.

#LEGOSERIOUSPLAY #playmatters#rewireyourbrain #neverstoplearning #running #run
January 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
aaronearlyyears.bsky.social
📘 Starting Strong is out next week!

A new book for anyone who knows that school readiness shouldn’t be a checklist, it should be child-centred, play-rich, and rooted in relationships.

Let’s change the story. Are you with us? 👇
#StartingStrong #ChildhoodMatters #SchoolReadiness #PlayMatters
June 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
aaronearlyyears.bsky.social
We’re calling on Bridget Phillipson to rethink approach to early years.

Children need play, not pressure.
The science is clear, school readiness shouldn’t come at the cost of child development.

🖊️ Sign the open letter: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
#PlayMatters #RethinkEarlyYears
July 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM