Playworks strives to embody our core values—Healthy Play, Healthy Community, Respect, and Inclusion—in every game we play. This year, the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation connected us with Laureus Ambassador…
https://www.playworks.org/resource/adapting-games-for-students-with-autism/>
As a Catalogue Alumnus, Playworks of Greater Washington DC was incredibly honored to present at the renowned Catalogue for Philanthropy’s annual gala, Inspiration to Action on October 29, 2018. Our performance demonstrated…
https://www.playworks.org/greater-washington-dc/2018/11/14/catalogue-for-philanthropys-annual-gala-2018/>
There is nothing fancy about the schoolyard at P.S. 309 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. It’s just a few hundred square feet of bare asphalt bounded by a chain…
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/05/why-recess-might-be-most-important-part-school/5610/>
At Playworks, we want every kid to belong.
https://www.playworks.org/resource/why-its-not-about-structure-vs-free-play/>
Playworks implements corporate play days at regional offices.
https://www.playworks.org/news/corporate-recess-why-play-isnt-just-for-kids/>
The Importance of Play Why play? From the satisfaction of breaking a sweat to the surprise of imagination, play teaches us to be human. In fact, societies depend on our…
https://www.playworks.org/about/why-play/>
Wayne Meisel is the Director of the Center for Faith and Service at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and served as the founding President of the Bonner Foundation. As a Presidential…
https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/bringing-out-the-best-why-summer-camp-transforms/>
Playworks was featured in this article in the Journal of School Health (JOSH) about the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. The article’s findings highlight the key role…
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josh.12966>
The health and welfare of Oregon’s children is in decline and this decline is strongly linked to the limited opportunities that modern children have for free play. Today, more…
https://www.playworks.org/pacific-northwest/event/northwest-childrens-nature-play-week-2/>