The 1910 Playground Congress showed the playground movement expanding toward public recreation and a possible closer relation with the public schools¶

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q1 i? G. E. Johnson reports the Rochester Playground Congress (June 7-11) as notable for the movement's expansion toward public recreation and for the potential power of public schools and teachers in the play life of the community. → Communications and Discussions 1910

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Communications and Discussions 1910¶

Communications and Discussions. (1910). Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org

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Notes on the session of the Playground Congress held in Rochester, June 7-11, 1910, signed G. E. Johnson. The reporter observes "the tremendous popularity and rapid extension of the movement in general" alongside concern about lacking ways and means to meet all needs.

"One noted also the tremendous popularity and rapid extension of the movement in general, the many and far cries from all over the country for guidance and help—with some concern, because of the sense of lack of ways and means to meet adequately the needs of all."

Communications and Discussions 1910 (2)¶

Communications and Discussions. (1910). Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org

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Johnson notes the public schools' general participation in the musical and play festivals of the week, which he says brought to consciousness the possibilities and power of public schools and teachers for the community's play life. Rochester's role as a seat of the social-center movement in public school buildings is cited as context.

"brought to consciousness the tremendous possibilities and power of the public schools and public echool teachers, if once they should bring their strength and opportunities to bear upon the play life of the community."

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`title`	`The 1910 Playground Congress showed the playground movement expanding toward public recreation and a possible closer relation with the public schools`
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