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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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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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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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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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Quarterly State of Play Gatherings – A CAPN Member Benefit

Upcoming CAPN State of Play Gatherings (Please put these dates and times on your calendar now.) Tuesday, September 13th – ...
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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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Join the Children at Play Network!

We want to welcome and thank Olmsted Parks Conservancy, 4-C Community Coordinated Childcare and Sacred Heart Preschool for becoming some ...
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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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Volunteer at Playcosystem!

The Children at Play Network is looking for volunteers to join the CAPN Team! Volunteers for the Children at Play ...
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Accessibility Survey at Playcosystem

My name is Ashley Byrd, and I am a doctoral capstone student from Spalding University’s Auerbach School of Occupational Therapy ...
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When Children Make the Rules – Building Self Agency Through Play

For the most part children lead lives where most decisions are made for them. And often when they do get ...
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Welcome Aboard Ashley – Spalding Univ. Capstone Student

The Children at Play Network welcomes aboard Ashley Byrd, a doctoral capstone project student from Spalding University Auerbach School of ...
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Teachers from Eight Montessori Schools Train at Playcosystem

Teachers from eight different Montessori schools visited Bernheim on Saturday, April 30th for a five-hour teacher training session led by ...
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Conference for Nature-based Educators July 27-30

A great opportunity for nature-based educators serving early learners awaits at the Natural Start Alliance’s Nature-Based Early Learning Conference in ...
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Play Workshop at Playcosystem for Second Presbyterian Weekday School

The entire staff of Second Presbyterian Weekday School (Louisville KY) visited Playcosystem recently to take part in a six-hour teacher ...
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Playcosystem Happy Hour – April 1, 2022 Copy

RED ROVER RED ROVER We Dare You Come Over to…. Playcosystem Happy Hour – No Kids Allowed (they have all ...
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Playcosystem Gets Thumbs Up from Middle Schoolers

Are you aware of how hard it is to get a thumbs up from middle schoolers? Sixth, seventh and eighth ...
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Teasing Apart Play from the Evidence Left Behind

If you are an early childhood educator there is a good chance you have had some exposure to theories of ...
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Red Oaks Forest School Hosts Zugunruhe

Children at Play Network friend organization Red Oaks aims to increase awareness about the importance of access to nature for ...
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Play is the Way – Community Discussion About Play

The Children at Play Network participated in an exciting community discussion about the value of play for early learning communities ...
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