Playwork IN Nature Symposium
Fall 2009!

In countries such as Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom, playwork is well established as a profession… working directly with children in an open-ended, creative way in community settings such as parks, schools, museums, urban farms, etc. Playwork is not established in the United States as a profession. The Natural Learning Initiative is working towards this end. Resulting from a collaboration between NC State University and the University of Gloucestershire, UK, the aim is to bring playwork into the nature education programs of botanical gardens zoos, nature centers, parks, children’s museums, after school programs, and other organizations.


The Playwork IN Nature Symposium will include presentations about playwork as a creative, open-ended method of working with children and youth. Training program participants will share their experience.

More information coming soon!