This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Children’s Geographies on 23 Oct 2008, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14733280802338056 The body as research tool: embodied practice and children’s geographies Tara Woodyer Department of Geography Royal Holloway, University of London Egham Hill Egham Surrey, TW20 0EX Fax: 01784 472836 Email: T.Woodyer@rhul.ac.uk Please note: author’s correspondence details have changed since publication: Dr. Tara Woodyer Department of Geography University of Portsmouth Buckingham Building Lion Terrace Portsmouth, PO1 3HE Email: tara.woodyer@port.ac.uk