Register today for our inaugural Downtown Denver Instant Recess! Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Union Station Plaza, Denver Due to inclement weather, the Downtown Denver Instant…
https://www.playworks.org/colorado/event/register-today-downtown-denver-instant-recess/
A Playworks coach might organize a kickball game, foursquare or other activities that students enjoy during recess – and then hang around and encourage everyone to participate. He or she…
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article186144888.html
A new national report on recess sheds light on the importance of the traditional activity, while criticizing school systems like D.C.’s that neither devote separate funds nor have set standards…
http://washingtonexaminer.com/report-schools-not-devoting-energy-money-to-recess/article/83231
A new national report on recess sheds light on the importance of the traditional activity, while criticizing school systems like D.C.’s that neither devote separate funds nor have set standards…
http://www.examiner.com/a-953725~Report__Schools_not_devoting_energy__money_to_recess.html
At first glance, it looks like your standard recess at Eliza Chappell Elementary School. But upon closer inspection, what is happening outside during recess is in fact rather unusual. Every…
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-11-15-rethinking-recess-leads-to-results-on-and-off-the-playground
At first glance, it looks like your standard recess at Eliza Chappell Elementary School. But upon closer inspection, what is happening outside during recess is in fact rather unusual. Every…
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-11-15-rethinking-recess-leads-to-results-on-and-off-the-playground
Playworks is presenting on the benefits of increased play in schools at the Excellence in Schools Summit in Arvada, CO April 25-26. Playworks is helping teachers, principals and educators capitalize on an existing,…
https://www.playworks.org/colorado/2013/04/18/playworks-to-present-at-excellence-in-schools-summit/
When D.C. students discovered last week that recess had been cut to a minimum of 15 minutes per day, many parents launched an immediate protest. Others merely shrugged. “Teachers should be…
In honor of AmeriCorps Week, we are pleased to provide an update on one of our best AmeriCorps graduates, Maddy Riordan. Maddy served a year with Playworks during the 2012-13…
https://www.playworks.org/wisconsin/2015/03/13/americorps-graduate-continues-to-serve/
