Updates

Guest blogger, Jennie Day-Burget, is chairwoman of the board for Playworks Portland.

The New Balance Foundation has signed a national partnership agreement with Playworks, supporting our work nationwide and helping us expand the power of play. New Balance has worked as a local partner…

Playworks Pro is off to a running start, with trainings on tap throughout the entire country. In Seattle, Treeswing, a local nonprofit focused on helping children develop lifelong healthy habits, is…

Playworks is kicking off the school year with our first-ever national partnership. Mattel has signed on to help us to expand our commitment that every child has a chance to play every…

It’s been 15 years since Playworks first stepped onto the playground in two Berkeley schools and began to change recess. Since then, what started as a good idea has developed into…

Children clamor out of their classrooms and into the recess yard. Rather than scramble to gain possession of footballs, basketballs, Hula Hoops and other equipment, the children quickly form six…

Study also finds greater resiliency at schools that offer an extra boost of safe and healthy play

Kids' learning suffers without recess, experts say

In our biggest internal training to date, 135 Playworks staff gathered in Oakland, California. Staff from 22 cities joined in workshops on AmeriCorps and Coaching to Curriculum Building and Social Media.…