Loose Parts

Participatory Design – Working with Children to Design Play

One of the core beliefs of the Children at Play Network is – children have a right to be included ...
Read More

Children Help Design Future Play Areas for Portland Museum

Bernheim’s Children at Play Network was invited to help host an opportunity for children to weigh in on the design ...
Read More

Children at Play Network Training: What About the Babies? Using Loose Parts for Infants and Toddlers

Join the Children at Play Network (CAPN) for professional development opportunities relating to play and healthy child development. This virtual ...
Read More

Play Workshop at Playcosystem for Second Presbyterian Weekday School

The entire staff of Second Presbyterian Weekday School (Louisville KY) visited Playcosystem recently to take part in a six-hour teacher ...
Read More

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 ...
Read More

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 ...
Read More

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 ...
Read More

Pandemic Play Week – Lots of Loose Parts

As we enter week seven sheltering at home during the COVID pandemic, outside of electronics, you may find your child’s ...
Read More

Olmsted Parks Opens the Door for Free Play Days – Next Up July 20th at Bingham Park

The Children at Play Network and Louisville’s Olmsted Park Conservancy(OPC) have developed a partnership for play. In the spring, CAPN ...
Read More

California Shelter Building – Report from Afar

Photo by Michael Arthur Frick A Parent and Child Moment in Nature Shared One of our favorite things is when ...
Read More

Contemplating Play Days – Observations and Questions

Seeing is Believing The Children at Play Network’s Seeds for Urban Play project allows us to work with organizations interested in bringing ...
Read More

Science Is Mostly Play – ColorFest 2018

Learning Science Through Play – That’s Just What Happens We sometimes get caught in the trap of trying to justify ...
Read More

Nature Play Training Institute on Loose Parts – May 31st

Stones, sticks, rocks, acorns, sand and toilet plungers. What do all of these have in common? They are all known ...
Read More

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 ...
Read More

Free Play Skills – Joinery

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

Loose Parts – The Top Five All Stars

tree cookies Gathering Loose Parts for Free Play Unlike many forms of play, free-play demands that the play environment itself ...
Read More