THE PLAYGROUNDgr

09/17/2025

Thank you to Yahoo for sharing our upcoming FREE Community Event, GRAND RAPIDS PLAYS !

https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/playgroundgr-drums-153511389.html

The PlaygroundGR: Drums!

09/17/2025

THE PLAYGROUNDgr is BEYOND thrilled to celebrate YEAR 5 OF GRAND RAPIDS PLAYS.
Same place, same and new partners and an all time elevated experience!!!!!!

Join us in welcoming Janeil Foy, Founder of Tekqniue Street Dance Academy BACK! This is Janeil's FOURTH YEAR in partnering alongside THE PLAYGROUNDgr and sharing her nature play expertise with our community!

WELCOME BACK JANEIL!
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONORS: Experience Grand Rapids, Uptown, Aqume Foundation, and Congress Elementary.

09/16/2025

We've been talking a lot about sand trays this week! This is a top five favorite play tool for our team! Supplies include:

1. Sand tray WITH a blue bottom
2. Sand (PLAY SAND for our local Ace Hardware)
3. Sand tray tools (Featuring ROCK art)

Prompts may include:

"CREATE A TIME YOU FELT...... THIS WEEK."

09/16/2025

Our partners at Teknique Academy has an incredible community opportunity for all!⏬️

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

09/16/2025

The secret is out, we have jumped into an exciting partnership with a local play dough business that puts the S in Sensory. Thank you Curious Kid Collective for your teal based dough, all in support of play!

Want to get your fingers on it? All guests of Play Soleil; Main Event will have first play!

09/16/2025

Catch us on FOX 17 THIS MORNING!

Michelle and Todd are masters of play! Thank you for having us as we shared our excitement about GRAND RAPIDS PLAYS on Saturday at 1pm with drum master Josh Josh Dunigan.

Free. Play. For. All.

09/15/2025

Welcome to our SAND TRAY NOOK, a space where neighbors come to share their story, express their feelings and unpack their world!

We are proud to provide sand tray work to people of all ages at a cost that is affordable for all, FREE!

09/15/2025

Our team came together to finish our THE PLAYGROUNDgr Mission Video!!!!!!

Thank you 616 Media for helping us share our story.

09/15/2025

Thank you FOX 17 for making space for play! We loved sharing our excitement about GRAND RAPIDS PLAYS on September 20, 2025!

Who is joining us THIS Saturday at 1pm?

09/15/2025

THE PLAYGROUNDgr is BEYOND thrilled to celebrate YEAR 5 OF RAPIDS PLAYS ! Same place, same and new partners and an all time elevated experience!!!!!!

Join us in welcoming Jacqueline Scherer, Founder of THE PLAYGROUNDgr and GRAND RAPIDS PLAYS BACK! This is Jacqueline's FIFTH YEAR sharing her play expertise with our community!

WELCOME BACK JACQUELINE!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONORS: Experience Grand Rapids, Uptown, Aqume Foundation, and Congress Elementary.

09/14/2025

Calling all Play Therapist ™️, let's talk sand trays! What are your favorite sand tray storage tips and tricks? We just re-organized our play room sand tray tools & and our ready to PLAY with our neighbors.

09/13/2025

Puppets create attachment, an opportunity to grow relationships with others and ourselves!

At THE PLAYGROUNDgr paper bag puppets are a neighbor favorite!