Children’s Playground Games and Songs in the new Media Age 2009 – 2011

This project, a collaboration between the Universities of London, Sheffield and East London with the British Library, aimed to develop our understanding of children’s playground games and songs, building on the Opie collection at the British Library.

It has added new material, developed a new archive, website, film and computer game prototype, and investigated the connections between the vernacular lore of the playground and children’s media cultures in the digital age. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, under the Beyond Text programme (www.beyondtext.ac.uk), and has the support of Iona Opie and of Michael Rosen, the former Children’s Laureate.