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 […]
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
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.
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, […]
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 […]
Jeff Harry offers coaching sessions to show individuals and companies how to tap into their true selves, to feel their happiest and most fulfilled – all by playing. Jeff believes that we already have many of the answers we seek, and by simply unleashing our inner child, we can find our purpose and, in turn, […]
OUR MISSIONThe Alliance for Early Childhood is a collaborative, community organization that supports and guides families and educators to nurture the healthy, well-rounded development of children from birth to eight years old. OUR VISIONAs a community, we can “put the child back in childhood” and build a strong developmental foundation for our children’s lifelong learning, […]
Our mission is to equip at-risk kids with the skills they need to succeed in school, stay in school, and thrive in life. THE NEEDGrowing up is tough, growing up without the resources and support you need is even tougher. Low-income kids oftentimes experience significant trauma, are exposed to violence, have fewer role models, and […]
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A) Playing, being playful, is the healthiest way to spend your time (after feeding and housing yourself).
B) The activities that evoke playful feelings are unique to each of us.
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