The Family Center for Creative Play TM Life Services System/Parent Information Resource Center Boundless Play
Dec 30, 2015
The Family Center for Creative
Play TM
Life Services System/Parent Information Resource Center
Boundless Play
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Family Center for Creative Play TM
Promoting child directed play with parents in attendance.
Take off your shoes and get ready to play!
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Family Center for Creative Play TM
Play
“Play is a child’s work and this is not a trivial pursuit”
- Alfred Adler
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Family Center for Creative Play TM
Play Decades of research has documented that play has a crucial role in the optimal growth, learning, and development of children from infancy through adolescence.
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
The Center for Creative Play will provide: a warm & welcoming place for children and families education & networking support to families enhance community participation
Family Center for Creative Play TM
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
This developmentally rich environment is where
children & families with diverse abilities and backgrounds will…
Play, Learn and Grow Together…
Family Center for Creative Play TM
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
• Inclusive, universally accessible
• Indoor family play facility (parent supervised)
• Fully engage all children in active & creative play
• Support play in all areas of development
Family Center for Creative Play TM
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Pittsburgh, PA One of a kind
Serves 50,000+ visitors per year
15,000 sq foot facility
Family Center for Creative Play TM
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Able To Play: A gift to Michigan
Challenge grant by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
LSS was selected to construct the 1st Creative Play Center in the state of Michigan
All communities in Michigan are invited to participate in design
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Holland, MI Opening Fall 2005
Will serve all of Western Michigan
Incorporate community flavor
Art, Music, Sensory areas
Community Meeting Rooms
Birthday Party Areas
Family Center for Creative Play TM
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Getting Started: Community Base
Business leaders Church leaders Elected officials Parents Educators Contractors Media Personalities Attorneys Financial Advisors Pediatricians Therapists AND YOU!
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Design Criteria – CFCP
1.General Elements • Universally Accessible• Developmentally
Appropriate• Experiential Variety
2. Play Areas• Open Play Area• Pretend Play Area• Creative Arts Area• Sensory Area
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Open Play Area: Infant/Parent Zone
Provides infants and parents the opportunity to safely explore play together.
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Open Play Area: Hand Zone
Children play, explore and feel their world using their hands.
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Open Play Area: Big Muscle Zone
Children can engage in large movement
activities.
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Open Play Area: Quiet Zone
A place for children to rest, read and reflect on their play
experiences.
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Sensory Area
Designed to provide calming
sensory experiences that
help children focus on learning
and play more effectively
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Creative Arts Areas
Opportunities to explore various
creative art mediums
• Art
• Music
• Performing Arts
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Pretend Play Area
Creative role-playing
opportunities for children…
Street of Pretend Play could include YOUR BUSINESS
NAME
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
Pretend Play Area Street of Pretend Play
A play storefront of your businessyour business where kids can pretend to be you
Your School Here
Your Business
Here
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
But, we need a helping hand…
This dream can not become a reality for the many children and their
families throughout West Michigan without
your assistance.
Family Center for Creative Play TM
Center for Creative Play™Play. Learn. Grow Together.
• Please make a donation today- Name a room or area- Purchase equipment- Honor your parents or someone special- Sponsor a playgroup- Be a cheerleader- Lend a hand
For more information on how you can help call us: (616) 396-7566 or email @ [email protected]
LSS is a 501c3 nonprofit organization (All donations are tax deductible)
Family Center for Creative Play TM