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May 24, 2021
Recess Rocks in RI prioritizes Rhode Island students’ health and well-being throughout COVID-19 crisis ›
Recess Champions program recognizes educators who have made play a priority Recess Rocks in Rhode Island, a six-year old partnership of Playworks New England, the Rhode Island Healthy Schools Coalition…
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May 21, 2021
Six Boston Schools Receive $25,000 in Wellness Grants After Helping Get Boston Back in Motion ›
More Than 3,000 Students Participate in Month-Long Effort Aimed at Improving Health and Well-Being of Youth BOSTON – Boston Back in Motion, an effort to get young people across Boston…
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May 17, 2021
DeValles’ Giant Gameboard ›
Playworks believes in the power of play to bring out the best in every kid. In early May, Playworks’ AmeriCorps members and a team of school-based volunteers from DeValles, Congdon…
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April 21, 2021
How to Fund a Playworks Partnership ›
Playworks is looking forward to stepping up as a key partner for our schools as the new school year launches this fall. Among all of the competing priorities for recovery,…
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April 6, 2021
Playworks helps launch Boston Back in Motion to get kids moving this spring ›
A month-long effort to improve the health and well-being of youth as kids head back to the classroom Recognizing that physical activity is more important than ever, a group of…
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March 23, 2021
Top 6 Games to Play Physically Distant with No Equipment ›
As more and more schools transition back to in-person learning, we know educators are looking for games that are physically-distant and don’t require equipment. The need for play is more…
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March 17, 2021
Safe Return to Recess ›
“Recess is a necessary break in the day for optimizing a child’s social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development… After ‘socially isolating’ one could argue that socializing children through regular recess…
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March 12, 2021
Playworks: One Year Later ›
One year ago… All of our partner schools closed their buildings and our work serving kids in schools risked coming to a halt. We knew our mission had to continue.…
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February 3, 2021
Playworks Coach of the Month: Shelby Obert ›
We are excited to announce Shelby Obert as February’s Coach of the Month! Coach Shelby is a second year AmeriCorps member currently serving at the Henry Grew School in Hyde…