Nine rock star coaches made their way to Jackson, Mississippi last month to showcase Playworks on school playgrounds for one week. Here is what they heard and experienced: “Playworks has…
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A Playworks Corporate Play Day is a fun, active team-building, community engagement, and/or service experience that takes as many as 20 of your employees from the office to the playground.…
https://www.playworks.org/wisconsin/2013/12/06/corporate-play-day/>
Rock star coaches from across the country brought fun and games to the recess yards of Cincinnati
During the summer of 2010 I went to visit my best friend, Max, in Niamey, Niger. I was prepared for the African environment and hoped for an enriching experience, but…
https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/global-play-how-healthy-play-bridges-cultural-differences/>
When children feel included on the playground, it gives them the space to learn and grow in an environment that they know will celebrate their wins and encourage them to…
https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2021/09/15/creating-an-inclusive-playground/>
A gift that keeps giving: Teach your child a new game and to lead it with peers!
https://www.playworks.org/resource/a-holiday-gift-for-active-kids-play/>
On a crisp fall morning, Playworks DC joined with the NFL, Washington Redskins, and NFL Play 60 to promote health and fitness at the NFL Fit for You 5k. Hundreds…
https://www.playworks.org/greater-washington-dc/2010/11/22/playworks-dc-gets-fit/>
Thanks to a joint project with Old Navy, San Francisco Urban Riders, and Variety Children's Charity, 120 students from Playworks' Cleveland Elementary School now have shiny new bikes. The bikes…
https://www.playworks.org/northern-california/2010/03/01/playworks-builds-bikes/>
Visit recess at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in Southwest Washington, DC, and you’ll see kids dashing between games of jump rope, freeze tag, and touch football. Striding through the buzz of…
https://www.playworks.org/greater-washington-dc/2013/11/01/meet-coach-lee/>