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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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Invite an Elm to Play

American Elm Tree becomes Play Equipment American elm (Ulmus americana) Bernheim only removes trees after careful deliberation. We recently removed ...
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Children Help Design a New Nature Playground in Lexington

Involving Children in Design The North Limestone Community Development Corporation is working with community partners to envision and create a ...
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Muddy Boots Take 2

“Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.” John Muir The weather may have been colder, but that didn’t dampen ...
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Idea Festival 2017 Video

This short film will give you a good idea of the Children at Play Networks participation in Idea Festival back ...
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ColorFest 2017 Free Play Day III

No Two Days of Play are the Same Each play day unfolds in its own unique fashion. The tone of ...
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ColorFest 2017 Free Play Day II

Exploring Free Play at ColorFest 2017 (Part II) The boxes have been mostly claimed, reclaimed and reclaimed. The cypress tree ...
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ColorFest 2017 Free Play Day

Fall weather makes for great free play opportunities. These photos are from the first hours of the ColorFest free play ...
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Highlights of PLAY at Idea Festival – September 2017

Psychologist Peter Gray At this year’s Idea Festival the Children at Play Network hosted a keynote lecture by Peter Gray, ...
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Peter Gray – Author of Free to Learn presenting at IdeaFestival

Psychologist Peter Gray Thought leadership requires thought leaders. The Children at Play Network is pleased to host Peter Gray, a ...
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Muddy Boots starts Sept. 23, 2017

Mud kitchen at the Muddy Boots Open House Our team had so much fun at the Open House for the ...
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Play Worker Training 102 – Oct. 12, 2017

Internationally acclaimed play worker Morgan Leichter-Saxby presents: Play Worker Training 102 – Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 at Bernheim Morgan Leichter-Saxby In ...
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Free Play Skills – Joinery

The Power to Make Materials Do as You Please – Mastery Play Claude Stephens One of the things I most ...
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