Welcome to Playworks! We are passionate about the importance of play in child development and we believe that every child should enjoy an inclusive and active break time. Here you can find out more about the Playworks program and how you can bring it to your school.
- Jill Vialet, Founder of Playworks
The Idea
Playworks helps kids to stay active and build valuable social and emotional skills through play. Playworks creates inclusive environments for play and physical activity both within and beyond the school day to build empathy, increase learning and improve behavior, with research showing essential benefits to child development, an improved school climate and mo...
What you can do
If you're a teacher or principal in the Minnesota area, you can register with us to take the Recess Checkup, get a free consultation from our team and to get access to resources and support to transform recess in your school. This is the first step in bringing the magic of Playworks to your school. Sign up here
Teachers today are expected to teach high academic standards, but we also need to be social worker, therapist, and psychologist. Lack of funding for staff and staff development; leave many teachers unprepared to handle all of the social emotional issues our students face every day. Playworks provides students the critical social and emotional skills they need to learn effectively in the classroom, solve their own conflicts and manage their behavior. Playworks programming delivers students back to the classroom who are ready to learn, providing teachers with the support they need to optimize their school day.
- Jayne Ropella, Principal with Saint Paul Public Schools for 20 years
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