Free Play

The Children at Play Network is excited to support an effort to create a new nature playscape at the Child ...
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Pop Up Adventure Play – Playwork Campference 2019 The Children at Play Networks AMAZING team of Free Play Facilitators is ...
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HELP US – Bring Free Play to More Children New Dates for Volunteer Training Coming Soon!  Bernheim’s Children at Play ...
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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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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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Learning Science Through Play – That’s Just What Happens We sometimes get caught in the trap of trying to justify ...
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Adopting Free Play to Serve Urban Families For most of 2018 the Children at Play Network has been working with ...
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10th Annual CONNECT at Bernheim August 18 @ 6:31 pm - 10:31 pm Bernheim’s Lake Nevin is the intersection of ...
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The Children at Play Network hosted its first Free Play Mash UP, a combination of a Free Play Day and ...
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Stones, sticks, rocks, acorns, sand and toilet plungers. What do all of these have in common?  They are all known ...
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Free Play Day at Castlewood Park in Lexington on 4-21-18 The Children at Play Network is excited about this upcoming ...
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Would you like to learn more about the benefits of free play for children and how to incorporate more of ...
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From late summer frolics to chilly winter hikes that end round a crackling fire, the children who participate in Muddy ...
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This short film will give you a good idea of the Children at Play Networks participation in Idea Festival back ...
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No Two Days of Play are the Same Each play day unfolds in its own unique fashion. The tone of ...
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Exploring Free Play at ColorFest 2017 (Part II) The boxes have been mostly claimed, reclaimed and reclaimed.  The cypress tree ...
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Fall weather makes for great free play opportunities.  These photos are from the first hours of the ColorFest free play ...
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The Power to Make Materials Do as You Please – Mastery Play Claude Stephens One of the things I most ...
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Free Play Opportunities at Bernheim Events Free play opportunities have become a regular part of many Bernheim events.  We have ...
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tree cookies Gathering Loose Parts for Free Play Unlike many forms of play, free-play demands that the play environment itself ...
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