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