Plan a Play Day with KaBOOM!

Connect With Your Community and Help Save Play!

“Play is the work of children.” - Friedrich Froebel

If play is the work of children, then today’s kids have been laid-off – pink-slipped, like countless adults in this country. In today’s society, children spend 50% less time outside than they did just 20 years ago. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, kids spend 6.5 hours a day on electronic media. Astonishing, isn’t it? That is A LOT of time spent sitting interacting with a screen.

Afternoons spent playing outdoors are quickly becoming a thing of the past. And that’s not good news – for anybody. Play is linked to physical, mental, and emotional health benefits, as well as educational and learning readiness for children. Yet despite all the evidence on the benefits of and need for play, and the growing epidemic of childhood obesity and other health problems, play continues to lose footing in society.

It’s time for that to change. Let’s bring the cry to, “Go outside and play!” back, and show this generation how fun it can be!

The folks at KaBOOM! can help you celebrate play! Reconnect with your kid-at-heart and join the movement to bring play back to the American landscape and help restore the health of our children. Visit KaBOOM! and plan a Play Day for your community the week of September 19-27th. The Play Space Planner will lead you through a step-by-step process for planning a successful event.

A Play Day can be whatever you like – a Family Field Day, a Frisbee Tournament, a Park Clean-Up Day, or Community-Wide Scavenger Hunt. It can also be an extension of a Play or Mommy Group you may already have planned. No rules, just fun! A time to reconnect with friends and meet new ones – a way to bring the community together in the name of play.

Don’t wait! Join KaBOOM! and other play advocates just like you as we join together to have fun and SAVE PLAY!

Bio: Bethe Almeras writes The Grass Stain Guru, a blog about restoring childhood, and saving ourselves in the process. She is the DIY Online Community/Communications Manager for KaBOOM!