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New Book on Play Features Bernheim Children at Play Network

Since 2012 Bernheim has been hard at work exploring ways to connect children to nature through play.  Understanding that children build their earliest affinities for nature through play, Bernheim is [...]

Peter Gray – Author of Free to Learn presenting at IdeaFestival

Thought leadership requires thought leaders. The Children at Play Network is pleased to host Peter Gray, a leading expert in Free Play at this year’s IdeaFestival. Gray, author of Free [...]

Join us for a Free Play Day with Bridge Kids on July 22, 2017

Bernheim’s Children at Play Network (CAPN) will host a Free Play Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 22 at Bridge Kids International’s Well Living Fest at [...]

Bridge Kids at Play – July 22, 2017

Bridge Kids International offered a Well Living Fest at Ben Washer Park on Saturday, July 27, 2017 and the Bernheim Children at Play Network was there in force.  It was [...]

Imagining What’s Possible – Hawthorne Elementary

Todd Bluechel, a parent at Hawthorne Elementary school in Louisville, reached out to the Children at Play Network as part of his quest to improve their play environment. Spurred by [...]

Volunteering for the Children at Play Network

The Children at Play Network is looking for volunteers to join the CAPN Team! Volunteers for the Children at Play Network serve an important role by helping to maintain Playcosystem [...]

Muddy Boots Play Group Open House Saturday, Aug. 26

Have you heard of Forest Kindergarten?  Are you curious if it might be right for your child, or your school?  The upcoming Open House for the CAPN Muddy Boots Play [...]

Play at CONNECT – August 19th – 6:29 to 10:29 p.m.

CONNECT is a collision of art, science, nature – AND PLAY The ninth annual CONNECT event at Bernheim takes place on Saturday, August 19th from 6:29 p.m. to 10:29 p.m. [...]

Play Worker Training 102 – Oct. 12, 2017

Internationally acclaimed play worker Morgan Leichter-Saxby presents: Play Worker Training 102  –  Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 at Bernheim In the world of play work in the United States, Morgan Leichter-Saxby is [...]

Loose Parts – The Top Five All Stars

Gathering Loose Parts for Free Play Unlike many forms of play, free-play demands that the play environment itself be free.  It requires things that are unbolted, free to wander, scattered, [...]
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