Guest Blogger Jennifer Holmes-Ledet learned how to play and coach basketball along side her 4th and 5th grade girls basketball team.
https://www.playworks.org/news/americorps-member-and-students-build-confidence/
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The Baltimore Ravens joined forces with Playworks Baltimore to encourage 10,000 students to earn the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award, in partnership with the nationwide NFL Play 60 campaign, a program…
https://www.playworks.org/maryland/2011/05/05/baltimore-ravens-activate-baltimore-students/
The students of Sheppard Elementary in Philadelphia participated in a minute of movement for the Just a Minute (JAM) World Record campaign. JAM rallied students and schools from all around…
https://www.playworks.org/pennsylvania/2012/10/04/sheppard-students-jam-in-philly/
About 300 Cathedral City Elementary students and their family members recently got their “Game On” at the school’s first “FAMFEST.” The event focused on family recess activities, in conjunction with…
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/education/2015/03/06/elementary-schools-famfest/24460177/
As the weather gets warmer and the snow melts, it’s time to get back outside for recess! At Playworks, we have a few Core Games that are found at most…
https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2022/04/08/spring-back-into-core-recess-games/
Playworks helps you reclaim class time and help kids come back from recess ready to learn. Teachers at Playworks schools reclaim more than 15 hours of class time each week thanks to…
https://www.playworks.org/home/student-engagement-strategies/
Summary A randomized control trial by Mathematica Policy Research and Stanford University found that compared to control schools, Students are more physically active at Playworks schools: There was a 43%…
Join us November 9 for an evening of inspiration with our own Playworks' CEO/Founder Jill Vialet, KIVA co-founder Matt Flannery & Craig Kielburger, co-founder of Free the Children. More information…
https://www.playworks.org/pacific-northwest/2012/10/29/changemakers-night-featuring-jill-vialet-2/
Playworks has given each classroom a sense of community and teamwork. It gives the students healthy competition and the ability to handle success and defeat in a respectful way.
https://www.playworks.org/testimonial/sense-community-teamwork/