Free Play

Kentucky Country Day School – First CAPN Project of Excellence

Kentucky Country Day School opened their new nature play area on Tuesday, September 26th. They are the very first CAPN ...
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New Nature Play Area Opens at Shawnee Park

The Olmsted Parks Conservancy is opening a NEW NATURE PLAY area at Shawnee Park on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 at ...
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100 Hour Playcosystem Play Challenge

Get Credit for Playing The 100 Hours Playcosystem Challenge begins this year on April 22nd – Earth Day. The research ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Playcosystem Volunteer Day April 25

The Children at Play Network is looking for volunteers to join the CAPN Playcosystem Landscape Team! The CAPN Landscape Team ...
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Olmsted Parks Conservancy – Free Play Days – April 6 and 7 2022

Wednesday, April 6 in Cherokee Park at Baringer Hill playground from 1:00-5:00 Thursday, April 7th in Iroquois Park at the ...
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CAPN Adds New Trainer

The Children at Play Network has added a new training specialist to the CAPN team to expand professional development opportunities ...
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Podcast for Play

CAPN Director Claude Stephens is featured on the Earth and Spirit Podcast in conversation with host Kyle T. Kramer, Executive ...
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Louisville Nature Center Visits Playcosystem

The Children at Play Network was pleased to host Rebecca Minnick, Executive Director of the Louisville Nature Center (LNC), and ...
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Sacred Heart Preschool at Playcosystem

By Austin Nikolich, Director, Sacred Heart Preschool Sacred Heart Preschool is dedicated to creating and nurturing a play-centered curriculum for ...
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Play is the Way: An In-Depth Series on Putting Play Into Your Practice

In partnership with Sacred Heart Preschool and Thrive Parent and Teacher Consultants, Bernheim’s Children at Play Network will present an ...
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Free Play Days at Olmsted Parks

By Matt Spalding, Olmsted Parks Olmsted Parks Conservancy, a valued partner of the Children at Play Network, is pleased to ...
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Virtual Campference Sept. 24th, 2021

Pop-Up Adventure Play in partnership with Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest’s Children at Play Network is delighted to announce this ...
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Nelson County Early Learning Center uses Playcosystem for Classroom Inspiration

Over the past several months Bernheim staff members have been meeting with Nelson County Schools teachers and administrators to foster ...
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They Hardly Hit the Ground Before Forts Were Built

Today we added 125 clean milk crates to Playcosystem. (A donation from Against the Grain Brewery) We pulled the truck ...
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