playtime
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Scenes animated in hand-drawn style are designed to bring Bonnie’s imagination to life, recreating the vivid magic of designing entire stories and character arcs for toys during playtime.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
California made recess the law beginning in the 2023-24 school year, requiring at least 30 minutes of playtime daily for K-6 students and banning teachers and staff from taking it away as punishment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
"Elsie made going into work a true joy, in fact, it was more like playtime, and our time together, something to truly treasure."
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
In the meantime, Maxwell was moved to a cushy prison and given all kinds of perks, including puppy playtime.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025
It’s a reminder that theater is the original visual medium, elaborate playtime with costumes, makeup, and scenery—an exercise in tricking an audience, as much as possible, into believing that what they are seeing is real.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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PLN’s programs span generations and include toddler parent-child playtimes, summer academic and cultural enrichment for children through ninth grade, parent leadership training and teen services that range from career exploration to game nights.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
He is wearing out his beloved Chihuahua, Gracie, with extended playtimes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
The BFI venue benefited from multiple playtimes each day, as opposed to just 38 showings over 28 days for Secret Cinema, although premium prices for the latter, reflecting the ambitious production values, boosted its takings.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2012
Beyond these playtimes she saw the "things I could do for Erik"—and she admitted that Erik did partly make up the image of her altogether perfect artist.
From Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
But mother and Alice helped her and before very long they had bought a pretty little gray coat and one pink afternoon dress and two pink and two blue rompers for playtimes.
From Mary Jane: Her Book by Clara Ingram Judson