Looking Towards Spring: Outdoor Learning Toolkit

Last Fall, at some of our NYC Playgrounds sites, we saw schools utilizing their outdoor spaces for the classes that were able to attend in-person learning. You can read on the Trust for Public Land’s blog about one school’s experience in the Two Bridges neighborhood of Manhattan. Ms. Soong used the garden as inspiration for…

The Great (Green) Igloo Build

As you may know, our Green Schoolyards not only offer up NYC kid’s a safe place to play, they also capture hundreds of thousands of gallons of stormwater during rain events…or snow events! During playground design, students designers learn how NYC’s combined sewer system gets overwhelmed on rainy days, and how their playground helps by…