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Teacher Training: All Weather Play – July 16th

All Weather Play: learn how to start an all weather play program at your school Workshop Leader: Helen Nonn with ...
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Nature Play Training Institute: Natural Materials and Play Spaces

The Children at Play Network will host a workshop on Natural Materials and Natural Play Environments from 6-8 p.m. on ...
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Spring Play at Bernheim’s BloomFest

BloomFest at Bernheim was a lovely day filled with play between the pines. Children climbed, built, created, collaborated and made ...
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First Free Play Day for Lexington’s Plant and Play Project

The Children at Play Network is a partner with the North Limestone Development Corporation in the Plant and Play Project ...
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Free Play Mash UP for MOPS

The Children at Play Network hosted its first Free Play Mash UP, a combination of a Free Play Day and ...
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Nature Play Training Institute on Loose Parts – May 31st

Stones, sticks, rocks, acorns, sand and toilet plungers. What do all of these have in common? They are all known ...
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CAPN at Morton Arboretum

Outdoor Spaces and Nature-Based Programming in Public Gardens: Building the Evidence for Early STEM Learning Morton Arboretum – May 3, ...
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Teacher Training Workshop – Spectrum of Play – April 24, 2018

The Children at Play Network is hosting a teacher training workshop in support of the Lexington Plant and Play Coalition ...
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Visions For Play – US Play Conference 2018

As part of the Scaling Up: Building Play Networks at the Regional Level presentation by the CAPN at the US Play ...
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CAPN at US Play Coalition Conference – April 8, 2018

Scaling Up: Building Play Networks at the Regional Level Claude Stephens and Melissa Rue presented at the annual US Play ...
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Seeds for Urban Play – A New CAPN Project

Bernheim’s Children at Play Network launched a new year-long effort called Seeds for Urban Play to bring the benefits of ...
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Free Play Day – April 21, 2018

Free Play Day at Castlewood Park in Lexington on 4-21-18 The Children at Play Network is excited about this upcoming ...
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What the Children Taught Me …

Lessons in Den Building By Dustin Pickett, CAPN Play Facilitator A couple of weeks ago I was invited to the ...
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2018 Nature Play Training Institutes

Would you like to learn more about the benefits of free play for children and how to incorporate more of ...
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Exciting New Playscape in Lancaster Ohio

plan detail AHA! A Hands-On Adventure, A Children’s Museum in Lancaster, Ohio is hard at play creating a new nature ...
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Lexington Plant and Play Nature Playspace – Draft Plans

Draft Plans are Coming Together for a New Nature Play Environment in Castlewood Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Draft Plans by ...
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Prioritizing Play Conference – May 3-5, 2018 in Urbana-Champaign

Sharing Opportunities to Learn the Essentials of Playwork Practice The Children at Play Network is pleased to help promote this ...
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Muddy Boots in 2018

From late summer frolics to chilly winter hikes that end round a crackling fire, the children who participate in Muddy ...
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Nature Play at Castlewood Park in Lexington

Planning for Nature Play is Best Done in Community The CAPN is excited about participating in the planning and construction ...
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2017 CAPN Recap

When your work is play, there’s never a dull moment and plenty of fun. The Children at Play Network (CAPN) ...
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