Your family’s safety, health, and well-being remain our top concern. Child care is open for those with contracts. Playworks will be operating from 6:30am-6:30pm, Monday-Friday. The Playworks Café, Playworks Atrium, Playcare drop-off services, Playtime hourly care, Family Play, group trips, and birthday parties will remain suspended throughout the summer. The Playworks LINK Event Center is closed until further notice.
Nothing beats taking a warm cookie fresh from the oven and dunking it in a cold glass of milk. 🍪🥛🍪🥛🍪🥛
Today is #NationalHomemadeCookieDay and we think you should definitely celebrate accordingly. Try out this delicious Betty Crocker recipe with your little ones: https://bit.ly/2SdGvFR
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Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Need inspiration for easy, kid-friendly activities? Have no fear, Playworks is here! Visit our website and explore a variety of simple crafts and recipes to create in the comfort of your home such as these fun music shakers that call for just four items!
Get the craft here: https://bit.ly/3iXEPMo
✂️🧵🖍️#kidscrafts #kidsactivities
Shake your way into the weekend with this fun and tasty music-inspired treat that's sure to get your child on their feet! 🎵 Get the recipe here: https://bit.ly/2FJzQ3k #Fridayfun #kidsrecipe
Did you know today is National Play Dough Day? This famous molding clay sparks a child's creativity, assists with developing fine-motor skills, and provides a calming agent. Celebrate the day by creating this 3-step play dough bug craft with your child: https://bit.ly/2RxQ0zb #NationalPlayDoughDay
Get to know our fox-loving teacher, Nicole, in this month's staff spotlight! She's been with Playworks for a year and loves engaging with our students. 🦊
To help raise awareness and show support for bullying prevention, our staff and students celebrated #UnityDay in style by wearing the color orange! 🧡 #bekind #antibullying
Ice skating is a great activity for your child to do all year round and our neighbors at Dakotah! Sport and Fitness want to help them improve their skills! Register your child in the Learn to Skate program here: https://bit.ly/31fsSLc ⛸️🏒
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Skate into the season with ease after participating in our Learn to Skate program! Whether you're brand new to the ice or just want to fine tune your skills, our experts can help all ages gain more confidence on the ice! Register here: https://bit.ly/341AP8v ⛸️ #iceskating
Halloween is most kids' favorite time of the year! It's a time when imagination and unique personalities shine. 🎃👻🕸️
But what will Halloween look like this year? If you're hesitant on having your family participate in traditional trick-or-treating, here are 8 family-friendly (and not to mention fun) alternatives: https://bit.ly/3lMBz7q
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8 Alternatives to Trick or Treating This Year
Our friends from Mdewakanton Public Safety and Sparky The Fire Dog stopped by to give kids an up-close look at one of their firetrucks for #FirePreventionWeek and boy did the kids enjoy it! 🔥 🚒
We're celebrating #worldteachersday and are so lucky to have such a committed teaching staff that go above and beyond for their students each and every day. Join us in recognizing their continued hard work and dedication to Playworks students! 🍎✏️
Get to know our School-Age Teacher, Austin! His favorite animal is a tiger, we ain’t lion! 🐅
#StaffSpotlight #Teachers
Trick-or-treaters have gone home and all of the pumpkin seeds have been roasted, what do you do with all the jack-o’-lanterns now? Avoid the garbage and recycle it for FREE at the SMSC Organics Recycling Facility! The facility will be accepting drop-offs from November 2-7. 🎃 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3kQKtB1
Wishing everyone a safe and happy #Halloween, we hope all the boys and ghouls have a fa-boo-lous day! 🎃👻🕷️
Come one, come all, help us choose the best costumes of all! Staff and teachers participated in our annual #Halloween costume contest today, and this year we want you to be our judge! Let us know in the comment section below which classroom you think has the best costumes. 👻🎃
Get to know our taco-loving Customer Care Representative, Brittany! She's been at Playworks for 6 years and enjoys watching the students learn and grow. #StaffSpotlight
February is #ILoveToReadMonth! 📚 Celebrate by participating in the annual Scholastic Book Fair, virtually! Help us reach our goal of 625 books by shopping online until February 14: https://bit.ly/39EMk8z
#BookFair #KidsBooks #Reading
Minnesota winters are cold—so cold that bears aren’t the only ones hibernating! 🥶 But we've got to come out and play! Be prepared and keep your family safe both indoors and outdoors which a few simple tips: https://bit.ly/3sYJiUq #wintertips #safety
Help kids strengthen their short-term memory skills with this fun and educational snowflake matching game >> https://bit.ly/3o1dx9u
#craft #kidsactivities
The staff and kids had a blast during Spirit Week.🎉We dressed up as twins, tourists, our favorite 80’s/90's character, put on our brightest neon, and wore purple to show off our Playworks pride! Check out the pics and let us know some of your favorites! 💜💙
We’re turning 26! 🎉🎈🎊Thank you to everyone that has supported Playworks over the years. In recognition of the special day, we’ll be participating in a weeklong celebration full of fun and safe activities to commemorate another year!
Get to know Anne, our consultant and trainer at Playworks in this month's staff spotlight! 🐶