New York, NY (PRWEB) December 02, 2014
26 schools have been awarded a new Imagination Playground Classroom Block set for their children to advance learning in their classrooms. Imagination Playground is an innovative playground equipment system that transforms any space — schools, children's museums, parks and recreation, daycare centers, camps, hospitals, churches — into a play space that encourages learning, social development, movement, and above all fun. Imagination Playground Classroom Blocks fit easily in a classroom or indoor play space. The 26 new Imagination Playground Classroom Block recipients are:
Bay City Academy | Bay City, Michigan
Dothan Brook School | Junction, Vermont
West Vernon Elementary | Los Angeles, California
Hinkletown Mennonite School | Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Londonderry School | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Early Childhood Learning Center | Irvine, California
Woodland Elementary | Oakridge, Tennessee
Aveson Charter School | Altadena, California
Scotland Elementary | Scotland, South Dakota
Eans Elementary | Austin, Texas
Madison Consolidated Early Development Center | Madison, Indiana
St. Jerome Catholic School | Houston, Texas
LCCC Childrens Learning Center | Elyria, Ohio
Len Lastinger Primary School | Tifton, Georgia
Spark Discovery Preschool | Frederick, Colorado
Minnieland Academy at Westchester Commons | Midlothian, Virginia
Garrison Forest School | Owings Mills, Maryland
Central City Elementary School | Central City, Kentucky
Mast Community Charter School | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Learning Garden | Medina, Ohio
Grace Prep Academy | Arlington, Texas
Manley Elementary School | Morristown, Tennessee
Tupelo Public Schools | Tupelo, Mississippi
Grizzly Hill School | Nevada City, California
Cleveland Metropolitan Schools | Cleveland, Ohio
Reading Edge Academy | Debary, Florida
The awarded schools will pilot their sets and test a variety of curriculum with the blocks to help their students learn. “We adopted the common core standards recently and one of the things we were lacking is the proper tools to see how geometry applies to real life. I researched different blocks to see how I could teach that, and I came across Imagination Playground. It was a more life–sized, real and awesome way to see how geometry fits in the structural engineering part of our world,” said Kimberly Halbruner, Educator and Math Coach at Len Lastinger Primary School. This gives a chance for innovative educators to use their Imagination Playground Classroom Blocks to help children learn required subjects, and to also allow them free play.
“There were 26 clear winners, and over 3,000 nominations for an Imagination Playground Classroom Block Set. Congratulations to all who nominated for recognizing the importance of play. We will continue to reward organizations on the leading edge of child development through play.” Dave Krishock, President of Imagination Playground said in in response to everyone efforts. The Imagination Playground Classroom Block Awarded will provide innovative educators a chance to help children learn required subjects, while allowing open-ended free play.
About Imagination Playground, LLC
Imagination Playground is a breakthrough play space concept developed to encourage child-directed, creative free play. The kind of play that experts say is critical to children’s intellectual, social, physical and emotional development. Created by architect and designer David Rockwell and the Rockwell Group, Imagination Playground enables children to play, dream, build and explore endless possibilities. Imagination Playground finds its home in daycare centers, kindergartens, elementary schools, children’s museums–and science, nature, discovery centers, camps, community centers, children’s hospitals, public parks and more–in North America and over 50 countries overseas. For more information, visit http://www.imaginationplayground.com