Let’s get one thing out of the way: the unstaffed playground model isn’t everyone's cup of tea, and definitely isn't a good fit for every business (or many businesses at all). If a billion-dollar company were to adopt this model, it wouldn’t be about giving people more freedom or passing on savings to customers. For them, it would be about saving a few extra zeros on payroll, and those savings would go straight to the CEO's already-overflowing pockets. But for a small, commun

At Playground42 we recently started doing Sensory Table Saturdays. On these days, the messiest, most magical kind of play happens. But it's not just fun for fun's sake: messy play is a deeply meaningful way children can learn about their world. What is Sensory Play? Sensory play includes any activity that engages one or more of a child's senses: touch, sight, hearing, smelling, and even movement (vestibular and proprioceptive). Think finger painting, squishing slime, scooping