Resource Library
Research in Action
CORE’s Resource Library is a collection of evidence-based publications including best-practice design guides, planning tools, advocacy tools, case studies, and standards-based curricula. Every resource is fueled by the research from our Research Institute, time-tested, and put into practice by organizations around the world.
A Comprehensive library for all your play and recreation needs. Our team supports the validated research of our Research Institute to publish and disseminate relevant knowledge through our resource library.
Best Practice Design Guides
Our evidence-based design best practices help communities turn research into practice to promote high-quality designs. The design guides are based on validated, scholarly research and can inform your play and recreation project, taking it to a level of success.
Putting Nature Into Play
Best Practices for Promoting Community Health by Increasing Physical Activity
Infusing Play Into Pathway Networks to Encourage Active Lifestyles for Children, Families, and Communities
Promoting Physical Activity & Fitness Through Active Play
Planning Tools
CORE’s planning resources help practitioners thoughtfully advocate and plan recreation projects across a variety of categories. These guides offer suggestions for effective approaches, tips for soliciting community engagement, and case examples of successful projects on a wide range of topics, including intergenerational play, dog parks, bicycle infrastructure, maintenance, and more.
A Practical Planning Guide to Spectator Seating
An Instrumental Guide to Blending Music and Community
A Bicycling Advocacy Resource
Planning, Purchasing, and Protecting Play and Recreational Surfacing™
Designing Public Spaces to Promote Intergenerational Play & Recreation
Off-Leash Dog Park Design Trends and Planning Tips
Advocacy & Impact Tools
When seeking support for a project, education builds advocates. Our resources help people who are working hard to advocate for new play and recreation projects through leadership and empowerment tools which arm them with validated, citable references and funding resources so they can advocate with authority on the issues affecting the community, and the actions needed to bring about change.
A PlayCore Digest
Community Engagement Strategies Using Social Science in the Design Process
Preserving the Play Environment, Promoting the Value of Play, Protecting Children
Preserving the Play Environment, Promoting the Value of Play, Protecting Children
Unleashing the Role of Play Environments as Community Assets
A treatise of articles by Dr. Stuart Brown, National Institute for Play
Partnership Best Practices for Play and Recreation
Research-Based Health Benefits of Aquatic Immersion and Activity
A Treatise on its Value by Leading Play Scholars
Curricula
While best practice design helps create a high-quality environment, programming helps increase usage and engagement. Our standards-based curricula help maximize a community or school’s playground investment by offering programming that teaches character education, promotes learning and education, and helps develops physical fitness in a fun way that children of all ages and abilities embrace.
Playground Programming to Foster Friendships Through Inclusive Play
Standards-Based Playground Activities That Stimulate Creativity, Imagination, and Learning
Promoting Physical Activity & Fitness Through Active Play