PlayWorks™
Third Floor
Birth – 4 years
We’ve designed every aspect of PlayWorks™ to help families prepare children to enter school ready to learn, grow and thrive. By combining play and learning, PlayWorks creates a fun and rewarding experience for children.
PlayWorks Schedule:
Daily programs for our youngest learners 0 – 4, with activities changing regularly on weekdays and weekends.
- 10:30 am – 11:00 am: Circle Time
- 11:15 am – 12:15 pm: Mural Wall or Messy with Art
- 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm: Special Daily Program or Mural Wall
- 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm: Messy with Art
- 4:00 pm: Alphie’s Goodbye Storytime
PlayWorks Programming
PlayWorks features daily programs designed to build essential skills through hands-on learning and play. Offerings may vary by day and time.
Circle Time
Start the day with music, movement, and stories that help little ones build routines and express themselves through song and play.
Skills Used:
- Gross motor coordination
- Social and emotional skills
- Communication and self-expression
- Comfort with group routines
Mural Wall
Explore color, texture, and teamwork while painting a collaborative mural using brushes, rollers—even hands!
Skills Used:
- Fine motor control
- Sensory awareness
- Creativity and color mixing
- Cooperative play
Special Daily Program
Special Daily Program Fall – Spring Schedule:
- Tuesday: Small World Play – Use your hands to arrange small blocks, trains, animals, and people to create a little community!
- Wednesday: Puzzle Builders – Explore different puzzle pieces and put them together to complete a puzzle!
- Thursday: Puppet Pals – Take on a character or express yourself as you play with puppets at our puppet theatre!
- Friday: Early Engineers – Introduce yourself to the engineering process as you explore small building materials and test problem solving skills!
Special Daily Program Summer Schedule:
- Monday: Puppet Pals – Take on a character or express yourself as you play with puppets at our puppet theatre!
- Tuesday: Small World Play – Use your hands to arrange small blocks, trains, animals, and people to create a little community!
- Wednesday: Early Engineers – Introduce yourself to the engineering process as you explore small building materials and test problem solving skills!
- Thursday: Puzzle Builders – Explore different puzzle pieces and put them together to complete a puzzle!
- Friday: Musical Jamboree – Experiment with percussion instruments and use your hands to make a beat!
Messy With Art
Discover something new each week—from art-making to sensory play to cultural celebrations.
Skills Used:
- Creativity and imagination
- Cultural awareness
- Social-emotional development
- Communication and fine motor skills
Alphie’s Goodbye Storytime
End the day with a magical story and a wave to Alphie the Dragon! Kids wind down while building literacy and listening skills.
Skills Used:
- Imagination and attention span
- Story sequencing
- Call-and-response engagement
- Language development
PlayWorks Related FAQs
As children explore PlayWorks and participate in free, daily, drop-in Art Lab programs, they build their physical, social, math, art, science, literacy, and problem-solving abilities—as well as the self-confidence, independence and awareness necessary for them to become life-long learners.
This innovative 4,000 square foot environment includes Alphie—a giant talking dragon who “eats” letters, a deli, a fire truck, an MTA bus, sand area, massive six-foot mural painting wall, soft space for crawlers, and more!