• A Partnership that Promotes
    the VALUE of PLAY throughout life!

    Get Involved

  • A Partnership that Promotes
    the VALUE of PLAY throughout life!

    Get Involved!

  • A Partnership that Promotes
    the VALUE of PLAY throughout life!

    Get Involved!

  • A Partnership that Promotes
    the VALUE of PLAY throughout life!

    Get Involved!

Education

Something different for 2023!!!

The 2023 Play Date Tour schedule:

  • July 14 – Philadelphia, PA (hosted by Studio Ludo & Smith Memorial Playground)
  • August 11 – Louisville, KY (hosted by Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest)
  • October 9 – Ft Worth, TX (hosted by LiiNK Center for Healthy Play & Ft Worth Botanic Garden)
  • November 9* – Virtual Play Date (hosted online)

Beginning July 14th, the 2023 Play Date Tour kicks off, featuring a series of day-long “mini conferences.”  Each Play Date is unique, and participants are welcome to register for one or all of them!  Sponsorship, lineup and registration details are online now.  Learn more here!

Communication

News & Press Releases

Meet the Experts for “Preserving & Promoting the Right to PLAY” in Philly, Friday, July 14

This summer, we are kicking off our 2023 Play Date Tour in Philadelphia, with hosts Studio Ludo and Smith Memorial Playground.  The Philly Play Date will tackle topics that lay the foundation for the whole 2023 Play Date Tour. Preserving & Promoting the Right to PLAY Friday, July 14 – Philadelphia, PA Smith Memorial Playground Topics include: Why Play – How Play Impacts Social, Emotional, Physical and Mental Health Throughout Life Who Gets to Play?… Read More

From The Playground

Playing for Higher Stakes: The Human Rights Game

Summer Blog Series 2023: Summer, the Libraries & PLAY #5 The last installment of our 2023 Summer Blog Series is from returning guest blogger Elizabeth McChesney. Learning through board game play dates back thousands of years and has many strategies and outcomes. In Victoria, Australia, Hugh Kingsley, Educationalist and Founder of The Brainery®, believes gameplay is an excellent educational tool. “I see it this way,” says Hugh with a twinkle in their eye, “If students are having fun,… Read More

News Stories Continued
From the Playground Continued

Research

Action & Research Grants

Grant funding is a distinctive feature of our annual Play Conference, and we are proud to have awarded more than $60,000 in funding to date.  Through competitive funding opportunities, we offer both Action and Research Grants to playmakers and researchers whose work has the potential to improve and expand the Play Movement.

Available Grants

  • Research-Based Case for Recess (2019)

    research pdfs

  • Improving Children’s Health through Play (2018)

    research pdfs

  • The Critical Place for Play in Education (2015)

    research pdfs

  • PLAY Pulse

    research pdfs
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