New York, NY (PRWEB) December 02, 2014
26 schools have been awarded a new Imagination Playground Classroom Block set for their kids to advance understanding in their classrooms. Imagination Playground is an innovative playground equipment program that transforms any space — schools, children’s museums, parks and recreation, daycare centers, camps, hospitals, churches — into a play space that encourages understanding, social development, movement, and above all exciting. Imagination Playground Classroom Blocks fit simply in a classroom or indoor play space. The 26 new Imagination Playground Classroom Block recipients are:

Bay City Academy | Bay City, Michigan 
Dothan Brook College | Junction, Vermont 
West Vernon Elementary | Los Angeles, California 
Hinkletown Mennonite College | Ephrata, Pennsylvania 
Londonderry College | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 
Early Childhood Studying Center | Irvine, California 
Woodland Elementary | Oakridge, Tennessee 
Aveson Charter College | Altadena, California 
Scotland Elementary | Scotland, South Dakota 
Eans Elementary | Austin, Texas 
Madison Consolidated Early Development Center | Madison, Indiana 
St. Jerome Catholic College | Houston, Texas
LCCC Childrens Learning Center | Elyria, Ohio
Len Lastinger Principal College | 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 Finding out Garden | Medina, Ohio 
Grace Prep Academy | Arlington, Texas
Manley Elementary College | 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 range of curriculum with the blocks to help their students learn. “We adopted the common core standards lately and a single of the issues we have been lacking is the suitable tools to see how geometry applies to actual life. I researched various blocks to see how I could teach that, and I came across Imagination Playground. It was a far more life–sized, genuine and amazing way to see how geometry fits in the structural engineering portion of our globe,” stated Kimberly Halbruner, Educator and Math Coach at Len Lastinger Principal School. This offers a possibility for revolutionary educators to use their Imagination Playground Classroom Blocks to help youngsters discover needed subjects, and to also enable them free play.

“There were 26 clear winners, and over three,000 nominations for an Imagination Playground Classroom Block Set. Congratulations to all who nominated for recognizing the significance of play. We will continue to reward organizations on the top edge of youngster improvement by way of play.” Dave Krishock, President of Imagination Playground stated in in response to every person efforts. The Imagination Playground Classroom Block Awarded will provide innovative educators a opportunity to help children learn necessary subjects, although enabling open-ended cost-free play.

About Imagination Playground, LLC
Imagination Playground is a breakthrough play space notion developed to encourage kid-directed, inventive totally free play. The kind of play that professionals say is vital to children’s intellectual, social, physical and emotional improvement. Designed by architect and designer David Rockwell and the Rockwell Group, Imagination Playground enables youngsters to play, dream, build and discover endless possibilities. Imagination Playground finds its residence in daycare centers, kindergartens, elementary schools, children’s museums–and science, nature, discovery centers, camps, neighborhood centers, children’s hospitals, public parks and more–in North America and over 50 nations overseas. For more info, check out http://www.imaginationplayground.com





