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Castle Bernheim – Children at Backside Learning Center Make Bernheim Their Own

By Maria Levine Garcia, Youth Education and Enrichment Manager Backside Learning Center youth were some of the first children to ...
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Claude Stephens to provide Key Note for the International Play Association Conference Oct 4-9, 2021

The International Play Association’s purpose is to protect, preserve and promote the child’s right to play as a fundamental human ...
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Virtual Campference Sept. 24th, 2021

Pop-Up Adventure Play in partnership with Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest’s Children at Play Network is delighted to announce this ...
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Nelson County Early Learning Center uses Playcosystem for Classroom Inspiration

Over the past several months Bernheim staff members have been meeting with Nelson County Schools teachers and administrators to foster ...
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New! Inclusive Nature Play Group at Bernheim

Outside the Box Therapy, a non-profit offering nature based therapy in Louisville, Ky., is partnering with Bernheim Arboretum and Research ...
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VIPS Visits Playcosystem

In early August the Playcosystem team had a very productive first meeting with Paige Maynard and Staci Maynard who work ...
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Playcosystem Has Reach

People are starting to hear about Playcosystem outside of our immediate region and some are arranging overnight trips to come ...
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They Hardly Hit the Ground Before Forts Were Built

Today we added 125 clean milk crates to Playcosystem. (A donation from Against the Grain Brewery) We pulled the truck ...
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Red Oaks Forest School visits Playcosystem

Red Oaks Forest School paid a recent visit to Bernheim with their older students to see Playcosystem and other natural ...
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The Outdoors Takes Front Seat at Second Presbyterian Weekday School

In March and April of 2020, as Covid was forcing all of us to rethink the ways we get along ...
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Place Making with the Outdoor Collaborative – Treehouse Design

The Outdoor Collaborative made their way back out to Bernheim’s Playcosystem to help us dream up great ideas for a ...
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Outdoor Collaborative – Seal of Approval

Soon after Playcosystem opened a family oriented forest school called The Outdoor Collaborative visited. What was fun for us to ...
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Playcosystem Pole Scramble Gets Installed

One of the last major elements of Playcosystem was installed recently. We have know all along that this play experience ...
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National Children and Youth Garden Symposium July 7-9

The National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, an annual professional development event for educators working in garden- and nature-based spaces, ...
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Kentucky Country Day School visits Playcosystem

With a global resurgence in the work of valuing outdoor play in nature, many schools are thinking about adding new ...
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Children Have a Right to be Included in the Design of Play Spaces

One of the core beliefs of the Children at Play Network is that children should have agency over their play ...
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Backside Learning Center Tests Out Playcosystem

The Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs recently brought out 30 children to help us test out the new Playcosystem ...
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New Natural Play Area at Tyler Park

Let’s start by acknowledging that during Covid19 you need to check local guidelines to find out if public playgrounds are ...
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Partnerships for Progress

11-04-2020 The Children at Play Network exists as a network of relationships. Regional change – and the resulting improved outdoor ...
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Embracing Risk in Play

By Austin Nikolich, Curriculum Director, Sacred Heart Preschool Over the years Sacred Heart Preschool has been engaged in a deep ...
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