We’re on a mission to help leaders accelerate team resonance for impact. Tap into your team’s full potential It all begins with knowing where you and your team can thrive, with the required skillsets and motivation needed. Knowing how everyone can play at their best empowers the team to perform like champions. Expand your skillsets […]
This site has a great deal of valuable instructional information on what parents and caretakers of children can do to optimize their children’s development. Be sure to check out, under the “Science” menu the “Key Concepts” topics, particularly the material on “Serve & Return” which explains how particular types of interactions with young children greatly […]
Challenge Success is an organization based in Palo Alto, Calif., that helps schools make research-backed changes to improve children’s mental health. OUR MISSION Challenge Success partners with schools, families, and communities to embrace a broad definition of success and to implement research-based strategies that promote student well-being and engagement with learning. OUR VISION We believe […]
Our mission is to work for a just, equitable, and quality early childhood education for every young child, by informing educators, administrators, and parents about how children develop and learn best and advocating for the active, playful, experiential approaches to learning informed by child development theory and evidence-based research. DEY’s Primary Goals To advocate at […]
The Good Toy Guide was founded by child development expert Dr Amanda Gummer in 2012. Created to provide an independent, expert accreditation service for children’s products, The Guide provides a trusted resource for parents and gift-givers to find truly Good Toys. Amanda has a PhD in Neuropsychology, the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and over […]
The Early Years Alliance is the largest and most representative early years membership organisation in England. A registered educational charity, we represent 14,000 members and support them to deliver care and learning to over 800,000 families every year. – We offer information and advice. – We produce specialist publications. – We run acclaimed training schemes. […]
Guidepost is the world’s largest Montessori network – With over 80 campuses across the US and Asia, and at home virtual learning programs. This site explains the Montesorri method and provides a means for finding their school nearest to you. Maria Montessori had this to say about play: “Play is the work of the child.” […]
Mission The Institute for Self Active Education (ISAE) is a non-profit charitable organization established in 1980, founded by Dr. Walter and Kitty Drew. As a community of practice, it promotes self active play as a tool for encouraging and awakening the creative potential in children, teachers, parents and others to help improve and enhance the […]
IPA-USA carries forth the mission of its parent organization, IPA World. To accomplish the Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles, IPA-USA does the following: IPA Calendar
IPA is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961. It provides a forum for exchange and action across disciplines and across sectors. IPA member groups initiate a wide variety of projects that promote the child’s right to play, with members in close to 50 countries. These include seminars, conferences, study tours, research, publications, playground design, […]
The Frost Play Research Collection was dedicated in the spring of 2004, with the goal of becoming the largest children’s play and play environments research collection in the United States. A board composed of UIW faculty and other advisors oversees the direction and development of the collection. To see a list of the current members […]
KABOOM! is the national nonprofit that works to end playspace inequity for good.KABOOM! focuses resources to build playspaces in communities where access has been denied due to systemic racism and centering racial equity in our work so communities can shape the process, playspace, and impact — a sense of belonging.
The Learning Policy Institute conducts and communicates independent, high-quality research to improve education policy and practice. Working with policymakers, researchers, educators, community groups, and others, the Institute seeks to advance evidence-based policies that support empowering and equitable learning for each and every child. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the Institute connects policymakers and stakeholders at the local, […]
Children already know play is their superpower. We’re here to convince the grown-ups Children are born scientists and explorers Watch children play and you’ll see them experiment, imagine, work together, and overcome emotional ups and downs. They’re stretching their minds as well as their muscles. They’re learning. And they’re picking up the skills to thrive […]
We Are Leading the Movement for Childhood Independence Let Grow believes today’s kids are smarter and stronger than our culture gives them credit for. We reject the idea that they are in constant physical, emotional or psychological danger from creeps, kidnapping, germs, grades, flashers, frustration, failure, baby snatchers, bugs, bullies, men, disappointing playdates and/or the […]
Longworth Education partners with schools and systems worldwide to strengthen child-led, play-based pedagogies that nurture creativity, curiosity, and critical thinking in every learner. As a social enterprise led by experienced educators and researchers, we support schools to design developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive learning environments where play is recognised as a powerful driver of learning, wellbeing, […]
Outdoor Play Canada is a national organization that brings together advocates, practitioners, researchers and partner organizations to promote, protect, and preserve access to play in nature and the outdoors for all people living in Canada. Outdoor Play Canada provides leadership to galvanize the outdoor play movement across Canada to promote the health and wellness of […]
The Outside Play Lab is a team of researchers dedicated to studying children’s outdoor risky play and injury prevention. Our lab is led by Dr. Mariana Brussoni, and is based at the University of British Columbia and the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Our research looks at the effect of outdoor play on children, the influence […]
In the US, one in three young people are obese or overweight. Toddlers, children and youth from low-income families and historically underserved populations, including African American, American Indian, Latino-Hispanic, Asian American and Pacific Islander cultures, are at highest risk. These same populations often have limited access to safe places and quality programs for physical activity. […]
We want ALL children to THRIVE and it iswithin every child’s reach. How? Through PLAY! PLAY is the natural and holistic way young children learn. Fortunately, things happening in your everyday Life can serve as the basis for learning activities. Additionally, learning opportunities don’t have to be expensive. In fact, many meaningful, learning activities are […]
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