The Family Center for Creative Play TM Life Services System/Parent Information Resource Center

1. The Family Center for Creative Play TMLife Services System/Parent Information Resource Center Boundless Play

2. Family Center for Creative Play TM Take off your shoes and get ready to play! Promoting child directed play with parents in attendance.

3. Family Center for Creative Play TM • Play • “Play is a child’s work and this is not a trivial pursuit” - Alfred Adler

4. Family Center for Creative Play TM • Play • Decades of research has documented that play has a crucial role in the optimal growth, learning, and development of children from infancy through adolescence.

5. Family Center for Creative Play TM • The Center for Creative Play will provide: • a warm & welcoming place for children and families • education & networking support to families • enhance community participation

6. Family Center for Creative Play TM This developmentally rich environment is where children & families with diverse abilities and backgrounds will… Play, Learn and Grow Together…

7. Family Center for Creative Play TM • Inclusive, universally accessible • Indoor family play facility (parent supervised) • Fully engage all children in active & creative play • Support play in all areas of development

8. Family Center for Creative Play TM Pittsburgh, PA • One of a kind • Serves 50,000+ visitors per year • 15,000 sq foot facility

9. Able To Play: A gift to Michigan • Challenge grant by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation • LSS was selected to construct the 1st Creative Play Center in the state of Michigan • All communities in Michigan are invited to participate in design

10. Family Center for Creative Play TM Holland, MI Opening Fall 2005 • Will serve all of Western Michigan • Incorporate community flavor • Art, Music, Sensoryareas • Community Meeting Rooms • Birthday Party Areas

11. GettingStarted: Community Base • Business leaders • Church leaders • Elected officials • Parents • Educators • Contractors • Media Personalities • Attorneys • Financial Advisors • Pediatricians • Therapists • AND YOU!

12. Design Criteria – CFCP • General Elements • Universally Accessible • Developmentally Appropriate • Experiential Variety • 2. Play Areas • Open Play Area • Pretend Play Area • Creative Arts Area • Sensory Area

13. Open Play Area: Infant/Parent Zone  Provides infants and parents the opportunity to safely explore play together.

14. Open Play Area: Hand Zone Children play, explore and feel their world using their hands.

15. Open Play Area: Big Muscle Zone Children can engage in large movement activities.

16. Open Play Area: Quiet Zone A place for children to rest, read and reflect on their play experiences.

17. Sensory Area Designed to provide calming sensory experiences that help children focus on learning and play more effectively

18. Creative Arts Areas Opportunities to explore various creative art mediums • Art • Music • Performing Arts

19. Pretend Play Area Creative role-playing opportunities for children… Street of Pretend Play could include YOUR BUSINESS NAME

20. Pretend Play Area Street of Pretend Play A play storefront of your business where kids can pretend to be you Your School Here Your Business Here

21. Family Center for Creative Play TM But, we need a helping hand… This dream can not become a reality for the many children and their families throughout West Michigan without your assistance.

22. Family Center for Creative Play TM • Please make a donation today • Name a room or area • Purchase equipment • Honor your parents or someone special • Sponsor a playgroup • Be a cheerleader • Lend a hand • For more information on how youcan help call us: • (616) 396-7566 or email @ mail@lifeservicessytem.org • LSS is a 501c3 nonprofit organization (All donations are tax deductible)