If you have seen a sea turtle moving around on land you can imagine how challenging that seems. However, a sea turtle in water is a completely different image of…
https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/bringing-out-the-best-harpers-playground/>
If you have seen a sea turtle moving around on land you can imagine how challenging that seems. However, a sea turtle in water is a completely different image of…
https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/bringing-out-the-best-harpers-playground/>
School playtime is powerful! Here's why.
https://www.playworks.org/resource/the-five-secret-benefits-of-recess/>
Chicago’s Active Transit Alliance hosted the first Open Streets on State Street event, where seven blocks of our famous "great street" were closed to traffic and transformed into an urban…
https://www.playworks.org/illinois/2011/11/03/playin-in-the-streets/>
Recess is simultaneously one of the most treasured and most limited times during an elementary school day. Each of the 25 minutes students spend on the playground is precious, so…
https://www.playworks.org/illinois/story-of-play/step-into-the-sneakers-of-a-junior-coach/>
Our October Coach of the Month is . . . Coach Kira (a.k.a. Coach K)! Coach K is a fourth-year program coordinator at Maxwell Elementary School in Denver who fully embraces…
https://www.playworks.org/colorado/2017/11/15/october-coach-month/>
Playworks San Francisco still knows how to throw the best party to herald the oncoming holiday season. On December 2nd, a former speakeasy known as The Barrel House donated its…
https://www.playworks.org/northern-california/2011/12/09/playworks-celebrates-at-the-barrel-house/>
Playworks knows that recess is one of the most critical opportunities for students to be physically active, build core social-emotional skills, and build relationships with their peers. However, recess can…
https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2021/05/25/recess-reboot-at-the-guilmette-elementary-school/>
Empathy is arguably the most important life skill our kids can learn. Recess is where students have the most freedom to practice empathy . . . or not. As a principal, I’ve seen students…
https://www.playworks.org/case-study/teaching-empathy-playground/>
Before Playworks came to Gustavo’s school, he says recess was bland with just three options for how to spend the time. After Playworks came, there were actual games, regulations for…
https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/developing-leaders-on-and-off-the-playground/>