Children at Play Network and Play Cousins Collective Present Seeds for Urban Play Conference National speakers and workshops will address equitable access to safe and quality outdoor free play to support the health and wellbeing of all children. Dr. Harrison Pinkney, of Clemson University, Courtney Gardner and Ben Dalbey, of Free for All Baltimore, […]
Bernheim’s Children at Play Network receives the APGA Program of Excellence Award
We are thrilled to announce that the Bernheim initiative, the Children at Play Network (CAPN), received the American Public Gardens Association (APGA) Award for Program Excellence. This annual award recognizes exemplary public garden programming that displays an innovative spirit by pioneering a program with a discipline related to public horticultural institutions. Launched in 2017, CAPN […]
Muddy Boots Play Group
Muddy Boots is a Forest Play Group for children ages 3 – 6. Children enjoy free play in the forest and self-directed exploration in an adventure under the trees and around the woodland cabin. Using forest kindergarten and nature preschool as models, program facilitators let children lead the way as they learn through play in […]
Seeds for Urban Play, a new Children at Play Network project
Bernheim’s Children at Play Network (CAPN) launched a new year-long effort called Seeds for Urban Play to bring the benefits of outdoor play to more children in urban neighborhoods of Louisville. With generous support from Brown-Forman the CAPN staff will work with educators and staff of New Directions Housing Corporation and ChooseWell Communities to create […]
Science Inquiry in the Forest
The forest is a laboratory full of questions to be answered, life to be observed, and materials to be manipulated with endless possibilities. Acorns become ingredients for soup; rocks can be stacked, rolled, used as tools or placed in a bucket; leaves are a changing resource with different properties depending on the season; water and […]