Have you started seeing encouraging notes, pictures or jokes on your sidewalks? Social distancing is keeping us apart, but we can still encourage our neighbors and bring a smile to their faces by leaving our mark!

We're joining Chambanamoms, Urbana Arts & Culture Program and Museum of the Grand Prairie to bring you Chalk Your Walk Chambana events every Friday! Don't worry, you can do it any day you feel like it too! 
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We're joining together with Chambanamoms, Urbana Public Arts & Museum of the Grand Prairie to bring another fun community play initiative: a teddy bear scavenger hunt on World Bear Day!

All you do is put your teddy bear in the window (or a drawing!) and then, while practicing safe social distancing, walk around your neighborhood trying to spot as many bears as possible!

Full event here!

Summer Adventure Play Camp:  https://vimeo.com/368056225/05099e116a 

In counting my many blessings, my mind goes straight to the children and families we served this year. I love this work so much and meeting children where they are, providing them an opportunity to bring their inner worlds out into the open is gratifying, humbling and a true privilege. From the bottom of my playworker heart, thank you. Thank you for comin...

Back in May of 2018, nearly 70 delegates from around the United States gathered in Champaign-Urbana are KOOP Adventure Play & Pop-Up Adventure Play's first Prioritizing Play Conference.  We're doing it again October 2-4. 2020!  Early bird registration is now open! 

One thing we believed in 2018 to be true was confirmed: there are an ever-growing number of folks all around the US (+beyond) who are hungry for resources...

We have another summer of free community programming coming at you! 

This photo is just a snippet of what is to come-- our Facebook page will always have the most up to date info, but here is our plan:

 This summer's events are made possible in part by Urbana Park District & Urbana Arts & Culture Program. Thank you for your support!

You're no doubt inundated with Year End Giving Campaign requests.... And it may seem premature to think about summer camp, but we want to make our immersive, child- directed, free play summer camp more accessible to all children.  

This is where our plea comes in:  Please consider donating to fund scholarship spots during every week of summer camp. Free play is so impactful for kids- building confidence, boosting resilienc...

KOOP is hosting a Pop-Up and Junk Drive on Nov. 3---Start saving your random things!

Join KOOP Adventure Play from 11-2pm on November 3rd, for an afternoon of play and donations of materials. Upcycle your household junk to KOOP which will promote future play opportunities! We are looking for fun fabrics, bottle caps, carpet samples, craft materials, old electronics for tinkering, milk crates, cardboard tubes, kitchen cookware,...

Stroll from Anita Purves Nature Center to Douglass Park with Mayor Marlin of Urbana and Mayor Feinen of Champaign!  Then come PLAY with us at our pop- up adventure playground on Saturday 5/19 from 10 am to noon!  Check out the event here.

This community Pop Up Adventure Playground is open to children from all around the CU area! 

As KOOP hosts our Prioritizing Play Conference, we want to show them what adventure play looks like! 
We'll bring our materials like cardboard, fabric, tubes, clips and maybe even paint! You bring your kiddos for a no-cost free-play event!

When: 12:30-2:30 

Where: Washington Park
After the event, we continue the community gathering by ope...

Join us Friday, May 4 at 7pm as we screen ‘The Land’. This evening event is open to the public, and included in the agenda for the Prioritizing Play Conference. After the short documentary, named after an adventure playground in Wales, there will be a panel discussion including conference speakers. Childcare provided for parents interested in viewing and discussing this impressive short film. Location is at the Spurlock Museum...