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The Significance of Play in Children’s Mental Health

WEBPlayworks programming yields protective factors to support the mental health and physical activity of children. “I think Playworks is a strong example of …

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How to Improve Health for Children in Your State Playworks

WEBSend emails, make phone calls, attend meetings. Collect community members who support a proclamation to celebrate play for a day! And ask them to reach out to …

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Using Play to Foster Social Connections and Physical Activity

WEB2. Engage the Whole Family. One of the best ways to encourage play and physical activity in children is to model those choices as an adult. Caretakers and older …

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Play Your Way To A Healthy Mind Playworks

WEBHealthy Bodies, Healthy Relationships, Healthy Minds. Letting children play will, therefore, not only help them to develop healthy bodies and relationships, but also …

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Play Contributes to Safe and Healthy Communities Playworks

WEBPlay is an essential part in building safe and healthy communities where children feel connected and invested in the world around them. Intentionally building play into …

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Empowering Kids to Create Their Own Happiness Playworks

WEBIt works. Playworks is the leading national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children’s social and emotional health. UNICEF Kid Power harnesses …

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Recess Quality and Social and Behavioral Health in

WEBThe quality of recess (e.g., physical and emotional safety, student engagement, adult engagement) is likely a major determinant in facilitating the social …

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Recess is Necessary Playworks

WEBThese scholars, health professionals, and educational leaders agree that recess is critical for children’s physical and social-emotional development, which are …

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High quality recess contributes to positive student behaviors in

WEBA recent study on the connection between recess quality and student behavior found that the quality of recess contributed to student’s executive function, …

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Physical Activity and Positive Youth Development: Impact of a …

WEBAfter one year of exposure to Playworks, students showed statistically significant increases in the following four protective factors as compared to students with …

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The Game of the Week: Sharks and Minnows Playworks

WEBEeveryone else will be minnows. The shark stands in the middle of the play area and say Fishy, fishy come out and play. The minnows slowly walk towards the …

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Recess Quality and Social and Behavioral Health in

WEBRESEARCHARTICLE Recess Quality and Social and Behavioral Health in Elementary School Students WILLIAM V.MASSEY,PhDa JANELLE THALKEN,MSb ALEXANDRA …

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Boston Public Schools Health & Wellness Department

WEBThat’s why 14 recess teams are coming together for the Recess Remix workshop series, a new initiative from the Boston Public Schools Health & Wellness …

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The New York City Marathon and Playworks

WEBThe cheering crowds on the sidewalks of First Avenue, the thrill of running through all 5 boroughs in New York, to the joy of knowing months of hard running and …

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School Recess, Social Connectedness and Health: A Canadian …

WEBThere are four areas that could benefit from consideration in research, practice and policy: (in) the culture of recess, (ii) the importance of healthy role models …

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Eight Teams Kicked so 10,000 Kids could Play

WEBThe importance of youth leadership programming in elementary schools Childhood is spent brimming with fascinations of the future – ideas of what infinite …

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Big Play in the Big Apple Playworks

WEBNipping at the heals of the largest Recess Roll-Out in the history of Playworks (100 staff and coaches/combined 216,316 miles traveled/72 schools/9 cities), …

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Reporting Live from Fourth Grade!

WEBPlayworks becomes an NYSS Champion Playworks is pleased to be recognized by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) within …

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Play Deserts: What Would YOU Measure

WEBJill Vialet, President and Founder, Playworks. There has been a lot of talk over the last couple of months about the idea of “food deserts,” areas with limited access …

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Events from May 16 – October 6, 2022 – Southeast

WEBCreate a more playful environment that supports every child’s mental well-being! In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Playworks and the American Academy of Pediatrics …

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Events from May 16 – December 7, 2022 – Southern California

WEBIn honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Playworks and the American Academy of Pediatrics are teaming up for a special webinar exploring the ecosystem of care for kids' …

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Kickball Tournament

WEBLace up your kicks and join us for our Eighth Annual Playworks Corporate Kickball Tournament. Corporate Kickball is an employee engagement event and fundraiser for …

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