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UofL Volunteers Rock Out on the Playcosystem Stream

UofL Volunteers Rock Out on the Playcosystem Stream

A group of wonderful volunteers from the Office of Student Engagement at the University of Louisville recently helped add stone ...
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New Nature Play Area Opens at Shawnee Park

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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Rocks in Our Pockets

Rocks in Our Pockets

Building natural playgrounds is, in part, an exercise in logistics. Gathering all the bits and pieces, some of which can ...
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Building Natural Playgrounds - Collecting and Arranging Large Loose Parts

Building Natural Playgrounds – Collecting and Arranging Large Loose Parts

We know how valuable it is for children to explore their creative expressions by manipulating lots of varied loose parts ...
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Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill - Plans for Play

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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Children Have a Right to be Included in the Design of Play Environments

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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Common Earth Gardens visits Playcosystem for Deisgn Inspiration

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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VIPS Visits Playcosystem

VIPS Visits Playcosystem

In early August the Playcosystem team had a very productive first meeting with Paige Maynard and Staci Maynard who work ...
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The Outdoors Takes Front Seat at Second Presbyterian Weekday School

The Outdoors Takes Front Seat at Second Presbyterian Weekday School

In March and April of 2020, as Covid was forcing all of us to rethink the ways we get along ...
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Place Making with the Outdoor Collaborative - Treehouse Design

Place Making with the Outdoor Collaborative – Treehouse Design

The Outdoor Collaborative made their way back out to Bernheim’s Playcosystem to help us dream up great ideas for a ...
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Playcosystem Pole Scramble Gets Installed

Playcosystem Pole Scramble Gets Installed

One of the last major elements of Playcosystem was installed recently. We have know all along that this play experience ...
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Kentucky Country Day School visits Playcosystem

Kentucky Country Day School visits Playcosystem

With a global resurgence in the work of valuing outdoor play in nature, many schools are thinking about adding new ...
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Children Have a Right to be Included in the Design of Play Spaces

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

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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New Natural Play Area at Tyler Park

New Natural Play Area at Tyler Park

Let’s start by acknowledging that during Covid19 you need to check local guidelines to find out if public playgrounds are ...
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Louisville Nature Center Opens a New Nature Play Area

Louisville Nature Center Opens a New Nature Play Area

Saturday, June 1st at the Louisville Nature Center from 11:00-5:00 3745 Illinois Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, 40213 Students from Male High ...
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Support a New Nature Playscape in Lexington

Support a New Nature Playscape in Lexington

The Children at Play Network is excited to support an effort to create a new nature playscape at the Child ...
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First Free Play Day for Lexington's Plant and Play Project

First Free Play Day for Lexington’s Plant and Play Project

The Children at Play Network is a partner with the North Limestone Development Corporation in the Plant and Play Project ...
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2018 Nature Play Training Institutes

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 ...
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Exciting New Playscape in Lancaster Ohio

Exciting New Playscape in Lancaster Ohio

plan detail AHA! A Hands-On Adventure, A Children’s Museum in Lancaster, Ohio is hard at play creating a new nature ...
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