"Are YOU ready to become a more active enabler of play? Get started with Playworks!" - Jill Vialet, Founder of Playworks
After you complete the ChangeX 30 Day Challenge, dedicate 15 minutes a week to reviewing Playworks resources.
Take the Playworks Recess Checkup
It can be hard to understand the impact that your play space has on your school or program’s culture and your students’ experience. And while there are a lot of solutions worth trying, it’s tough to know what’s working and what’s not.
That’s why Playworks has created the Recess Checkup – an online quiz designed to help you identify strengths and uncover areas for improvement at your playtime.
The quiz will ask you questions about the 3 areas we’ve found to be most essential at playtime – safety, empowerment, and engagement.
Click HERE to take the Playworks Recess Check-up. (approx. 3 minutes)
PLEASE NOTE: After you complete the quiz, you will see a page with tailored recommendations for making improvements where they’re needed the most. Make sure to save or print your results so you can refer back to them!
Sign Up for Playworks Keep Playing
Keep Playing is a weekly email subscription from Playworks that includes game videos and instructions, "brain break" ideas, social emotional skill connections, and more.
Keep Playing is designed to align with the school year and is available from September through June.
Signing up after September? No worries! The full archive of Keep Playing resources can be accessed online.
HOW TO SIGN UP
If you do not receive an email from Playworks within 1 week of successfully completing the ChangeX 30 Day Challenge, reach out to [email protected] for support!
Schedule 1:1 Consultation with Playworks
Strengthen and plan for safe and healthy play at your school or program. Get customized, 1:1 coaching from an experienced Playworks trainer. They will dive into evidence-based play practices and help you set realistic goals for improvement.
You and your starter team will leave with ideas, strategies, and a plan to sustain a positive playtime culture.
HOW TO SCHEDULE
If you do not receive an email from Playworks within 1 week of successfully completing the ChangeX 30 Day Challenge, reach out to [email protected] for support!
Use ChangeX Funding to Order Recommended Equipment
In order to implement the games and play practices you're learning, you will need equipment!
Playworks has put together a Recommended Equipment List (see resources) to help you identify the supplies that you will need.
Once you receive the funds through ChangeX, you can go to a store or order from an online company - whatever is easiest for you!
Start Implementing Playworks Games & Strategies
Now that you've learned set playtime goals, learned some new tools and games, and connected with Playworks, it's time to start using your new skills with your students!
Playworks strategies rely on routines and systems, so try to stay consistent. Little by little, you should start to see changes. Just remember - impact doesn't happen overnight!