It was May of 2011, and I sat across from my father in a French restaurant in Dupont Circle. “You know Abby,” he said carefully, “You don’t have to go…
https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/just-imagine-what-kids-can-do-if-given-the-chance/>
It was May of 2011, and I sat across from my father in a French restaurant in Dupont Circle. “You know Abby,” he said carefully, “You don’t have to go…
https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/just-imagine-what-kids-can-do-if-given-the-chance/>
Conflict is a natural part of recess (and of life). Who’s out in the game of Four Square? Which team gets to start with the ball? There are game conflicts,…
Coach John as he is affectionately known by the thousands of students he has touched over the past five years joins the Playworks Detroit Team as a Program Director. John…
https://www.playworks.org/michigan/2010/09/03/playworks-veteran-joins-detroit-team/>
Recess Champions program recognizes educators who have made play a priority Recess Rocks in Rhode Island, a six-year old partnership of Playworks New England, the Rhode Island Healthy Schools Coalition…
As we close out the 2021-2022 school year, let’s take a look back at a great year of safe, healthy, and inclusive play for Hoosier kids across all of Playworks…
https://www.playworks.org/indiana/2022/06/30/end-of-year-lookbook/>
Rock Paper Scissors is an important game in our Playworks community. It is both a fun activity and a key conflict resolution skill that kids learn and practice on Playworks…
https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/valley-nonprofit-to-challenge-for-world-record>
Play brings out the best in every kid. Over the course of 25 years since Jill Vialet founded Playworks, she and her colleagues, as well as researchers and play experts,…
https://www.playworks.org/news/playworks-founder-jill-vialet-publishes-why-play-works/>
Senior National Trainer, Deb Sugerman, was recently at a school completing a post-training Recess Observation and observed the majority of students in the 3rd grade engaged in activities. As a…
https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2013/03/26/reluctant-students-ask-what-they-want-to-do/>
How to play Switch, a rotational style game that's a staple on the playground.
https://www.playworks.org/resource/game-of-the-week-switch/>