By Playworks and UNICEF Kid Power® When kids’ minds and bodies get active, either while playing or participating in service learning, they experience physical and mental benefits (and support positive…
https://www.playworks.org/empowering-kids-to-create-their-own-happiness/>
By Playworks and UNICEF Kid Power® When kids’ minds and bodies get active, either while playing or participating in service learning, they experience physical and mental benefits (and support positive…
https://www.playworks.org/resource/empowering-kids-to-create-their-own-happiness/>
As teachers are preparing lesson plans, learning new curriculum, and setting up their classrooms, it is time to start prepping our collective classroom: the playground. Recess deserves back to school…
https://www.playworks.org/news/checklist-back-school-back-recess/>
By: Nick Veronin, Mountain View Voice Staff Behavior referrals are down and kids are more focused in class, thanks to a new program that brings greater structure to recess at…
http://mv-voice.com/news/2012/02/06/playing-to-learn>
For five years, Playworks New England has partnered with John Hancock to send a team of runners to the Boston Marathon. Playworks is honored to be among the charities supported…
https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2018/02/12/playworks-john-hancock-sends-team-six-2018-boston-marathon/>
After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017 with a dual degree in psychology and sociology, Myla Ona knew she wanted to work with kids in a non-traditional office…
https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2018/06/26/get-know-americorps-coach-myla-ona/>
Corporate Kickball tournaments all across the country benefit students at Playworks schools.
https://www.playworks.org/news/adults-love-kickball-and-play-to-benefit-kids/>
As a kid, Claire Collins loved recess. It was her time during the school day where she could play games with her peers, try new things, and imagine what life…
https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2018/06/26/get-know-americorps-coach-claire-collins/>
At Playworks, we love to have a good time at recess. From foursquare to kickball, our school staff are always encouraging students to have fun! But recess is also so…
https://www.playworks.org/indiana/2022/03/10/social-emotional-skill-focus-february-recap/>