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Muddy Boots starts Sept. 23, 2017

Our team had so much fun at the Open House for the Muddy Boots Play Group, a model forest kindergarten offered by the Children at Play Network at Bernheim. Young [...]

Upcoming Free Play Days at Bernheim Events

Free Play Opportunities at Bernheim Events Free play opportunities have become a regular part of many Bernheim events.  We have had more than one parent remark about the amazing power [...]

Free Play Skills – Joinery

The Power to Make Materials Do as You Please – Mastery Play Claude Stephens One of the things I most enjoy about observing children in free-play environments is watching them [...]

Highlights of PLAY at Idea Festival – September 2017

At this year’s Idea Festival the Children at Play Network hosted a keynote lecture by Peter Gray, author of Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make [...]

ColorFest 2017 Free Play Day

Fall weather makes for great free play opportunities.  These photos are from the first hours of the ColorFest free play day.  Some of these kids have already been focused on [...]

ColorFest 2017 Free Play Day II

Exploring Free Play at ColorFest 2017 (Part II) The boxes have been mostly claimed, reclaimed and reclaimed.  The cypress tree has turned into Lord of the Flies.  Challenges have been [...]

ColorFest 2017 Free Play Day III

No Two Days of Play are the Same Each play day unfolds in its own unique fashion. The tone of the day is often set by the first set of [...]

Idea Festival 2017 Video

This short film will give you a good idea of the Children at Play Networks participation in Idea Festival back in September of 2017.  But it also is a great [...]

Muddy Boots Take 2

“Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.”  John Muir The weather may have been colder, but that didn’t dampen the fun at the second session of the Muddy Boots [...]

Children Help Design a New Nature Playground in Lexington

Involving Children in Design The North Limestone Community Development Corporation is working with community partners to envision and create a new nature play environment they are calling Plant and Play.  [...]
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