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California Shelter Building – Report from Afar

Photo by Michael Arthur Frick A Parent and Child Moment in Nature Shared One of our favorite things is when ...
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CAPN Representing at the 2019 Playwork Campference

Pop Up Adventure Play – Playwork Campference 2019 The Children at Play Networks AMAZING team of Free Play Facilitators is ...
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Forum on Forest School and Nature-Based Learning

A Forum on Forest School and Nature-Based Learning 12:00-5:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 19 at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Are you ...
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Become a Volunteer Free Play Facilitator – Upcoming Trainings

HELP US – Bring Free Play to More Children UPCOMING Volunteer Training Sessions – Registration Required Saturday, February 23rd – ...
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Community Building and Free Play

A Reflection by Rachel Brunner, CAPN Free Play Facilitator On the days I am not cutting out cardboard box doors ...
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Training for Play “Practice” at the Virginia Chance School

Recently the Children at Play Network provided a day-long training at the Virginia Chance School for teachers of preschool through grade ...
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CAPN Receives Grant for Urban Play

Lift a Life Foundation supports the next chapter in Bernheim’s Children at Play Network Seeds for Urban Play The CAPN ...
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Contemplating Play Days – Observations and Questions

Seeing is Believing The Children at Play Network’s Seeds for Urban Play project allows us to work with organizations interested in bringing ...
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Science Is Mostly Play – ColorFest 2018

Learning Science Through Play – That’s Just What Happens We sometimes get caught in the trap of trying to justify ...
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Reflections on Free Play – SEEDS for Urban Play

Adopting Free Play to Serve Urban Families For most of 2018 the Children at Play Network has been working with ...
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Free Play, Grass men, Mud and Bubbles – it’s CONNECT

You won’t want to miss Bernheim’s 10th annual CONNECT from 6:31-10:31 p.m. on August 18th where the Children at Play ...
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Inspired Free Play at an Inner City School

In late summer, while visiting Bernheim, my family and I stumbled upon an area that had been set up with ...
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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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