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Rocks in Our Pockets

Building natural playgrounds is, in part, an exercise in logistics. Gathering all the bits and pieces, some of which can ...
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100 Hour Playcosystem Play Challenge

Get Credit for Playing The 100 Hours Playcosystem Challenge begins this year on April 22nd at Bernheim’s Restore event. The ...
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Announcing Red Oaks Forest School – Zugunruhe 2023

Red Oaks Forest School is gearing up for their annual Zugunruhe event. We love the work they are doing to ...
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Building Natural Playgrounds – Collecting and Arranging Large Loose Parts

We know how valuable it is for children to explore their creative expressions by manipulating lots of varied loose parts ...
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Alicia Cobb – Joins CAPN team to work on wheelchair access

We’re Rolling! One of the challenges of connecting people to nature is that so much of it is, well…natural. To ...
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Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill – Plans for Play

After a staff and board field trip to Bernheim in March of 2022, the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill team ...
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Free Play Facilitator Training – Play Cousins Collective

Play Cousins Collective is an African American Family Collective working to build a village around the families they serve by ...
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Kim Tabler – New Roles with CAPN

In late October Melissa Rue ended her time with the Children at Play Network. We wish Melissa well as she ...
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State of Play – January 24, 2023 – Hosting Free Play Events

The Children at Play Network hosts quarterly State of Play programs for CAPN members. These in-person and virtual gatherings of ...
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Children Have a Right to be Included in the Design of Play Environments

Children are the professionals when it comes to play and what makes a great playground. Design efforts that don’t include ...
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Not So Loose Parts – Big Rocks for Playcosystem

Some really large stones recently took up residence in the Adventure Play Zone (Zone 2) of Playcosystem at Bernheim Arboretum ...
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Pump Up Your Play Game – Fall 2022 Trainings for Early Learning Professionals

The Children at Play Network has two remaining virtual play workshops in 2022. These workshops are open to anyone interested ...
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Children at Play Network presents at the International Play Association USA Conference

The Children at Play Network was honored to provide a valuable presence at the International Play Association USA Conference in ...
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Common Earth Gardens visits Playcosystem for Deisgn Inspiration

The Children at Play Network team was delighted to host a team from Common Earth Gardens and St. Ignatius Martyr ...
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Playcosystem Happy Hour – Oct. 14

Playcosystem Happy Hour – Friday, Oct. 14, 6-8 p.m. Hide and seek and musical chairs are a few of the ...
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CAPN Director to Present at International Play Association USA Annual Conference – October 6-9

Claude Stephens, Director of the Children at Play Network, will deliver a keynote address at the International Play Association’s annual ...
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Vacation Stop at Playcosystem

After learning about Bernheim’s Playcosystem through a virtual CAPN training, Kara Feldman, Early Childhood Director at Yeshivat Noam in New ...
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Join our Upcoming Play Trainings: Trauma and Play, Risk and Play, Loose Parts with Infants and Toddlers, Communicating with Parents

The next CAPN trainings are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15 with a focus on trauma and play at 10 a.m.-12:00 ...
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First CAPN Members-Only State of Play Sept 13th: National Researcher to Speak on the Impact of Innovative Playgrounds

CAPN is pleased to announce Meghan Talarowski, founder and executive director of Studio Ludo, a non-profit whose mission is building ...
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CAPN partners with the Earth and Spirit Center’s Spiritscape

Bernheim’s Ambassador Kenyetta Johnson recently collaborated with the Earth & Spirit Center (ESC) in Louisville, Ky. to expand free play ...
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