ETG - Playworks Minnesota (excerpt)

January 25, 2022 00:00:30

Hosted By

Eric Kilbride

Show Notes

Founded in 1996, Playworks is a national organization who help schools and youth programs create recess and play environments where every child can join in. All kids should experience the social, emotional, and physical benefits of play. Playworks Minnesota started in 2010. Here are some additional resources referenced in the episode: Playworks Game Library [http://Recess Lab]Recess Lab  Keep Playing Training Options  

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Speaker 0 00:00:00 To that brain development. So when you guys talk about eliminating the gap, play plays a central role in ensuring that kids have the brain development and the tools they need in order for us to build on, in order for us to build both the academic and also social emotional, or 21st century skills, whatever we want to call them that are critical to their life long success.

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