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2014 Playworks Illinois Corporate Kickball Tournament

Posted September 26, 2017.

Friday, June 6, 2014 | 3:30 – 7:00pm | Lincoln Park's Waveland Fields, along the lakefront Lace up your sneakers and come indulge with us in an afternoon of nostalgia over green grass,…

https://www.playworks.org/illinois/event/2014-playworks-illinois-corporate-kickball-tournament/

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Playworks Turns Recess into Success

Posted November 27, 2012.

When I was a kid, recess was a time to talk with my friends about boys, run, scream, and let off some excess steam before returning to the humdrum of…

http://www.nyparenting.com/stories/2012/11/fp_playworks_2012_11.html

2012 Corporate Kickball Tournament – A Ball of Fun for Everyone!

Posted September 20, 2012.

IMC Financial Markets, Schiff Hardin LLP, and Konica Minolta all came out for a day of fun, sun, friendly competition and team-building at Chicago's famous Grant Park.  Schiff Hardin walked…

https://www.playworks.org/illinois/2012/09/20/2012-corporate-kickball-tournament-a-ball-of-fun-for-everyone/

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Trim Recess? Some Schools Hold On To Child’s Play

Posted November 7, 2013.

It’s recess time at Ruby Bridges Elementary School and a third-grader is pummeling a plastic tetherball with focused intensity. He’s playing at one of more than a half-dozen recess play…

http://www.npr.org/2013/11/07/243713419/trim-recess-some-schools-hold-on-to-childs-play

Recess revolution: Introducing structure and organization to play time

Posted April 17, 2011.

SALT LAKE CITY — The stars, bullies, sidekicks and loners joined other playground personalities in coming together during recess at Lincoln Elementary School.They played a new version of kickball —…

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700128078/Recess-revolution-Introducing-structure-and-organization-to-play-time.html

Checklist: Back to School, Back to Recess

Posted July 28, 2017.

As teachers are preparing lesson plans, learning new curriculum, and setting up their classrooms, it is time to start prepping our collective classroom: the playground. Recess deserves back to school…

https://www.playworks.org/news/checklist-back-school-back-recess/

“I’m better than you!”

Posted January 11, 2012.

Of all the great things Playworks has implemented into a school filled with 1200 students; one story, in particular, personifies Playworks’ mission and the reason we are increasing in size…

https://www.playworks.org/southern-california/2012/01/11/im-better-than-you/

Four Tips to Teach Fun New Games at Recess

Posted April 24, 2013.

Guest blogger Myla Marks shares how adults on the playground can get beyond “They don’t want to play with me.”

https://www.playworks.org/resource/four-tips-to-teach-fun-new-games-at-recess/

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