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Why I Play Everyday and Want Everyone to Play Too

Posted April 25, 2012.

As a child, I played on a soccer team called the Lady Tigers. Our jerseys were red and white, and I loved mine so much I wore it all the…

https://www.playworks.org/story-of-play/why-i-play-everyday-and-want-everyone-to-play-too/

The Value of Play in the Workplace

Posted February 25, 2010.

What do play and work have in common? As you might imagine, that’s something we think about at Playworks. In the workplace, play can be a tool that smart leaders…

https://www.playworks.org/news/the-value-of-play-in-the-workplace/

kids playing jumprope

Recess Becomes Learning Time With Durham Program

Posted May 30, 2013.

A program in Durham schools is helping kids have more fun on the playground at schools, get more exercise and reducing conflict to boot. By Holly West In some Durham…

http://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2013/05/30/recess-becomes-learning-time-with-durham-program/

Massachusetts Service Alliance Announces Partnership with Playworks Massachusetts

Posted June 23, 2015.

Boston, MA – The Massachusetts Service Alliance (MSA) today announced that the Commonwealth has received $10,615,471 in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). These grants…

https://www.playworks.org/new-england/2015/06/23/massachusetts-service-alliance-announces-partnership-with-playworks-massachusetts/

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Why Recess Might Be the Most Important Part of School

Posted May 16, 2013.

There is nothing fancy about the schoolyard at P.S. 309 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. It’s just a few hundred square feet of bare asphalt bounded by a chain…

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/05/why-recess-might-be-most-important-part-school/5610/

Making Indoor Recess Work

Posted February 1, 2012.

Five ideas for active learners on rainy days.

https://www.playworks.org/resource/making-indoor-recess-work/

AmeriCorps Appreciation Week 2017

Posted March 1, 2017.

The East Bay office staff want to show their love for the AmeriCorps members who show up every day to make play possible on East Bay playgrounds. Here in the…

https://www.playworks.org/northern-california/2017/03/01/americorps-appreciation-week-2017/

Game of the Week: Hot Spots

Posted April 3, 2013.

How to play this fun basketball shooting (or volleyball serving or soccer shooting) game.

https://www.playworks.org/resource/game-of-the-week-hot-spots/

Game of the Week: Kickball

Posted June 13, 2011.

Kickball

https://www.playworks.org/resource/game-of-the-week-kickball/

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