Partnership: Active Schools

Make Your School an Active School

Active Play. 60 Minutes a Day.

Play is critical to children’s physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development. As a PlayCore company, GameTime strives to help children reach their full potential through fun learning activities and curricula that promote a lifelong love for physical activity and learning.

That is why GameTime has teamed up with Active Schools - a national initiative dedicated to ensuring 60 minutes of physical activity a day is the norm in K-12 schools. Active Schools national collaborative makes it easier for schools to create an active school environment by streamlining physical education and physical activity resources, programs, grants and professional development.

As an Active Schools champion, your school is eligible for big savings on GameTime play systems or Youth Challenge Course packages!

Dr. Michael Suk Active play in outdoor environments is the gateway to a healthier lifestyle.

Dr. Melissa Hughes Play enhances the flow of neurotransmitters in the brain and improves a child's capacity to learn.

Da’Tavian Alexander, a 7th grade student I like seeing how fast I finish the course. I try to go faster or find quicker ways to finish so that I get a better time. I want to be in that number one spot on the leaderboard.

Christian Warren, Lead Physical Education Teacher The GameTime Challenge Course has provided our school with challenging, fun, accessible, low maintenance -- and above all -- safe physical activity options outside of normal Physical Education.

Dr. Kathleen Burriss The out-of-door environment hold particular potential for mediating children's social, emotional, and intellectual learning in distinct ways not possible in the traditional indoor classroom.

Theresa Boehm Miller Curriculum Development Chair, Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, MO The Play On! Program is an exciting opportunity to extend our physical education classroom to the outdoors. Through creative learning, the Play On! curriculum arouses the student’s sense of curiosity, imagination and adventure to achieve a healthy, active lifestyle.