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All work and no play? How recess enhances student success

Posted November 22, 2016.

Playworks Indiana is a best-in-class program that works with schools to maximize the benefits of recess. Through using its approach to inclusive, value-based recess, schools have decreased reports of bullying,…

http://www.batesvilleheraldtribune.com/opinion/all-work-and-no-play-how-recess-enhances-student-success/article_420e35a1-91aa-53b0-966f-320a9d252889.html

Congratulations to Coach Blanca, our Staff Member of the Month

Posted January 5, 2018.

Coach Blanca is the third-grade recess coach at Granada Primary, and she is a perfect fit! Since day one, she has expressed that she was super excited to have this…

https://www.playworks.org/arizona/2018/01/05/congratulations-coach-blanca-staff-member-month/

Back to School Supplies for Active Kids

Posted August 12, 2013.

Back to School Supplies for Active Kids

https://www.playworks.org/resource/back-to-school-supplies-for-active-kids/

Bringing Out The Best: Fran Mainella

Posted August 29, 2016.

First as the director of the Florida State Parks and later as the first woman Director of the National Park Service back in 2001, Fran Mainella worried about the absence…

https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/bringing-out-the-best-fran-mainella/

Coach Kaitlin Transforms Recess in Taunton

Posted February 7, 2020.

Coach Kaitlin is a site coordinator working in four elementary schools in Taunton, MA. This is the first year Playworks has worked in the Taunton School District, but already Coach…

https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2020/02/07/coach-kaitlin-transforms-recess-in-taunton/

US Bank employees playing foursquare

Making an impact one recess at a time

Posted August 28, 2023.

Recess on the Hill, as it’s known, is hosted by local nonprofit Playworks and was created to raise awareness of the power of play. U.S. Bank executive vice president of consumer lending…

https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/company-blog/article-library/making-an-impact-one-recess-at-a-time.html

Student Plays at Recess for the First Time

Posted August 13, 2018.

This story comes from Laura Diedrich, an educator in Littleton, CO upon completing Playworks Pro and implementing new games and activities at recess. Sean is an amazing first grader at…

https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/student-plays-at-recess-for-the-first-time/

Playin’ In the Streets!

Posted November 3, 2011.

Chicago’s Active Transit Alliance hosted the first Open Streets on State Street event, where seven blocks of our famous "great street" were closed to traffic and transformed into an urban…

https://www.playworks.org/illinois/2011/11/03/playin-in-the-streets/

Game of the Month: Morph

Posted April 7, 2017.

On the playground, most conflicts can be solved with a good ol’ fashioned game of Rock, Paper, Scissors (ro-sham-bo). Use this simple playground tool as a means to increase cooperation…

https://www.playworks.org/resource/game-of-the-month-morph/

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