2Play Together®

Curricula & Programming

2Play Together®

Inclusion

2PlayTogether offers a valuable resource striving to make a difference in inclusive playground play and creating communities that care through character education. This resource equips programmers with tips and activities that will promote play, understanding, and fun between children with and without disabilities.

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The Science

Thinking strategically about how an inclusive play environment will be programmed can greatly increase the usage of the space and further promote social equity in communities. Often children with and without disabilities need strategies that help them better understand how to play together successfully, even if there are differences in how they play, communicate, and engage. Teaching children about how they can actively play together takes inclusion to the next level and can be critical for creating truly meaningful play experiences between all children.The inclusive playground activities in the program guide were field tested during family outdoor playground events and included children with and without disabilities and considerations were incorporated into the activities based on the observations of how children initiated interaction, communicated, in order to foster greater social inclusion.