Alicia Cobb – Joins CAPN team to work on wheelchair access
We’re Rolling! One of the challenges of connecting people to nature is that so much of it is, well…natural. To ...
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Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill – Plans for Play
After a staff and board field trip to Bernheim in March of 2022, the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill team ...
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Free Play Facilitator Training – Play Cousins Collective
Play Cousins Collective is an African American Family Collective working to build a village around the families they serve by ...
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Kim Tabler – New Roles with CAPN
In late October Melissa Rue ended her time with the Children at Play Network. We wish Melissa well as she ...
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State of Play – January 24, 2023 – Hosting Free Play Events
The Children at Play Network hosts quarterly State of Play programs for CAPN members. These in-person and virtual gatherings of ...
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Children Have a Right to be Included in the Design of Play Environments
Children are the professionals when it comes to play and what makes a great playground. Design efforts that don’t include ...
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Not So Loose Parts – Big Rocks for Playcosystem
Some really large stones recently took up residence in the Adventure Play Zone (Zone 2) of Playcosystem at Bernheim Arboretum ...
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Pump Up Your Play Game – Fall 2022 Trainings for Early Learning Professionals
The Children at Play Network has two remaining virtual play workshops in 2022. These workshops are open to anyone interested ...
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Children at Play Network presents at the International Play Association USA Conference
The Children at Play Network was honored to provide a valuable presence at the International Play Association USA Conference in ...
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Common Earth Gardens visits Playcosystem for Deisgn Inspiration
The Children at Play Network team was delighted to host a team from Common Earth Gardens and St. Ignatius Martyr ...
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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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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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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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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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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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