Name: Chevy Robinson. School: Dr. George Washington Carver Academy of Math and Science Favorite Recess Game: My all time favorite recess game is traditional kickball. As a youngster, I was all…
https://www.playworks.org/wisconsin/2012/11/21/meet-coach-chevy/>
Coach MJ is a proud Minnesota native, born and bred in South Minneapolis. Before joining the Playworks family for the start of the 2013-14 school year, Coach MJ was working with the YMCA. For the past…
https://www.playworks.org/minnesota/2015/03/25/meet-coach-mj/>
Coach Clifton Jackson, “Coach J,” is the engine that drives recess powered by Playworks at the Kindezi Academy, formerly Joyce Kilmer IPS #69. Coach J joined the Playworks Indiana team in…
https://www.playworks.org/indiana/2017/02/07/meet-coach-j/>
Games and activities to do with your kids while waiting in an airport
https://www.playworks.org/resource/activities-for-kids-during-airport-layovers/>
Coach Gantt is the great coach at Ketcham Elementary School in Northeast DC. She is a first-year AmeriCorps member and a native Washingtonian. Coach Gantt’s favorite recess game? Medic dodge…
https://www.playworks.org/greater-washington-dc/2010/11/04/meet-coach-gantt/>
Game Library Need a group game for 30 kindergarteners, indoors, in a pinch? Trying to convince 5th graders to stop hogging the ball? We have you covered. Explore hundreds of…
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I have a Junior Coach who loves kickball. Absolutely adores it. He spends every recess—twice a day—fielding, kicking, and running the bases. If Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hours theory is true,…
https://www.playworks.org/northern-california/2015/11/09/kindergarten-kickball/>
What adult would turn down the invite to get out of the office and run around on a playground in the sun all day? Jennifer Freedman doesn’t hide her enthusiasm…
https://www.playworks.org/pacific-northwest/2013/02/22/a-corporate-kickball-experience-2/>
Play these academic games this holiday season to keep your kids’ brains on point
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