
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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Children Have a Right to be Included in the Design of Play Spaces
One of the core beliefs of the Children at Play Network is that children should have agency over their play ...
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Backside Learning Center Tests Out Playcosystem
The Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs recently brought out 30 children to help us test out the new Playcosystem ...
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Embracing Risk in Play
By Austin Nikolich, Curriculum Director, Sacred Heart Preschool Over the years Sacred Heart Preschool has been engaged in a deep ...
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Louisville Nature Center’s Forest Preschool Opens
Swallowtail Forest School, which opened at the Louisville Nature Center on Sept. 21, is the first of its kind in ...
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