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  • Anti-Racism and Play
  • Playspaces
    • Early Years Centres >
      • Regina Early Years Family Resource Centre
      • Regina Early Learning Centre
    • Culture and Play >
      • Floral Consevatory
      • Government House
      • MacKenzie Art Gallery
      • Michaels Classroom
      • RCMP Heritage Centre
      • Royal Saskatchewan Museum
      • Saskatchewan Science Centre
      • Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame
      • Stone Hall Castle
    • Fenek Farms
    • Harbour Landing Village
    • Hiking Trails >
      • Condie Nature Refuge
      • Wascana Trails
      • White Butte Recreation Site
    • Libraries >
      • Albert Branch
      • Central and Children's Branch
      • Connaught Branch
      • George Bothwell Branch
      • Glen Elm Branch
      • Prince of Wales Branch
      • Regent Place Branch
      • Sherwood Village Branch
      • Sunrise Branch
    • Markets >
      • Centennial Market
      • Local and Fresh Market
      • Regina Farmer's Market
    • Neighbourhood Centres
    • Parks >
      • North Zone
      • East Zone
      • South Zone
      • West Zone
      • Central Zone
      • Accessible Parks
      • Spray Pads
      • Spray Pads
    • Pay to Play >
      • Amazing Adventure
      • Bee Happy Recreation Park
      • Dino Bouncers
      • Get Air
      • Happy Hollow
      • QC Soccer Facility
    • Regina Beach and Area
    • Skateboard Parks
    • Spray Pads
    • Swimming Pools >
      • Indoor Pools
      • Outdoor Pools
    • Tennis Courts
    • Things That Go >
      • City Bus
    • Winter Fun >
      • Toboggan Hills
      • Skating Rinks
      • Ski Trails
  • Community Play Calendar
    • Other Calendars >
      • Albert Branch Library
      • Central and Children's Branch
      • Connaught Branch
      • George Bothwell Branch
      • Glen Elm Branch
      • Prince of Wales Branch
      • Regent Place Branch
      • Sherwood Village Branch
      • Sunrise Branch
      • Regina Early Years Family Resource Centre
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      • Free Cree Language Course
    • Family Friendly Fitness >
      • LG Fitness
      • Local Barre
      • Mama Fitness
      • Project Barre
      • Regina Climbing Centre
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Book Club/ Read Along

Project Play YQR hosts a book club. After surveying the people interested, we decided to have a casual online read along community (playismagicbookclub on Instagram), with in-person meetings/ celebrations once we are done reading the book. We have about 6 weeks to read each book with meetings every two months. Members are welcome to be as active in the community through comments, etc. as they like. Some people engage with every post, and many are simply reading along independently. Some people read along with some books and not others. It's quite relaxed. The meetings are all-ages, you can bring your own food, and there are no costs associated through entrance fees or requirement to purchase food or beverages. We are honoured that the Regina Public Library has recently partnered with us on this book club. They offer us a beautiful space, and playful programming for children who attend our meetings. So far it has been great.
Join us:
Instagram:Playyqrreadalong

Next Book Club Meeting

From the Ashes Book Club Meeting:
January 7th at 7:00pm. Jesse Thistle will be joining our meeting!
​Virtual meeting link:
meet.google.com/enn-sdiq-vzk

Current Read

February/March: Priya Parker's The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

Past Reads:

Richar Louv's Last Child in the Woods - Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Radha Agrawal's Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life
Simone Davies' The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being
Linda Akeson McGurk's There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather
Eve Rodsky's Fair Play: A Game-changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
Ingrid Fetell Lee's Joyful:The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
Angela J. Hanscom's Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children
Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People to Talk About Racism
​Bob Joseph's 21 Things You May not Know About the Indian Act
Glennon Doyle's Untamed

Potential Future Choices

Brené Brown's  Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
adrienne maree brown's Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

Stuart Brown's Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman's Big Friendship: How we Keep Each Other Close
Dr. Haim G. Ginott, Dr. Alice Ginott, and Dr. H. Wallace Goddard's Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic that Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication
Kyra D. Gaunt's The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop
Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time
J
enny Odell's How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Priya Parker's The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters
Pam Lobley's Why Can't We Just Play?: What I Did When I Realized My Kids Were Way Too Busy
Nancy Striniste's Nature Play at Home: Creating Outdoor Spaces that Connect Children with the Natural World
I am grateful for the support of a grant from TakingItGlobal, Government of Canada, and Canada Service Corps who have helped to provide food and books to members of the Project Play YQR book club. We are also grateful for the support from the Regina Public Library on this initiative.
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Regina and these playspaces are situated on Treaty 4 territory, the original lands of the Cree, Ojibwe, Saulteaux, Dakota, Nakota, Lakota, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. Provided by the Government of Saskatchewan and offered by the University of Regina, there is a Cree language learning resource available under "Schools and play."
Photo used under Creative Commons from schnappischnap