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Building healthier kids with support from our friends at Action for Healthy Kids

When elementary schools create a safe and healthy recess for students, there can be a major impact on individual kids and school climate overall.

How do we define and assess play among elementary school students? The answer: we don't . . . until now. Although researchers, educators, and parents agree that play is important,…

When elementary schools create a safe and healthy recess for students, there can be a major impact on individual kids and school climate overall. In schools with safe and healthy…

Playworkers across the nation honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by serving beyond the playground

SHAPE America and the CDC provide in-depth resource guide for schools

Dear Kids of the United States, It’s been quite a year for us grown-ups in the United States, and it occurs to me that you may be wondering what’s going…

Haley Pilot School in Roslindale, MA, won a #Rock Star Recess at their school. The kids enjoyed a recess filled with new recess games, jugglers, magicians, and more! The competition,…

Every year on the third Wednesday of November, Playworks celebrates #GratitudeDay.  This day is an opportunity for us to take a break to share our thanks with as many people as…