Shawnee Mission PAT Play Center

 

Play Center Schedule - Friday Play Centers have begun!

Shawnee Mission Parents as Teachers playgroups in the play center offer children an opportunity to build social skills and enjoy play time with their parents, model appropriate play and interact with other parents.   The Parent Educators put forth a plan to bring families together inside at our Early Childhood Education Center play center. 

As you arrive at the Early Childhood Education Center, please enter through Door 1.  We will scan can your driver's license and give you a visitor badge.  If technology works like it should, we will only need to scan your driver's license once.

The Play Center will be held on Fridays from 9 am to 11 am and/or Saturdays from 9:30 - 11:30am.   We are asking families to limit 1 hour of play time and please pick up before you leave.  No Registration Necessary! 

Saturday Play Centers are as follows:

  • Saturday, December 7 - 9:30 - 11:30am
  • Saturday, January 11 - 9:30 - 11:30am
  • Saturday, February 22 - 9:30 - 11:30am

When arriving for the Saturday play center, enter through Door 15 and proceed to the play center (orange hallway).

Johnson County Library will offer Storytime from 10 - 10:30 dates below:

  • Friday, September 20
  • Friday, October 18
  • Friday, November 15
  • Friday, December 20
  • Friday, January 17, 2025
  • Friday, February 21
  • Friday, March 21
  • Friday, April 18, and
  • Friday, May 16

Holiday Schedule:   Play Center Closed

  • Fridays, November 29
  • December 27, and
  • January 3, 2025.

Availability 
The Play Center is open to all children currently enrolled in the Shawnee Mission Parents as Teachers program (birth to 36 months).  

Location - Early Childhood Education Center (Broadmoor Center) 6701 W. 83rd Street, (83rd & Metcalf) - (913) 993-9380.  

Please no food or drink and model clean-up skills as you and your child put toys away after play.

 

 

New Parenting Books - See the list of recently added titles from the Johnson County Library Birth to Six.  The list was created at the request of Shawnee Mission Parents as Teachers and will be updated regularly:  Johnson County Library - Birth to Six

Noodles Conquers Comfy Mountain, by Graziano, Johnathan

The Smeds and the Smoos, by Donaldson, Julia

Bathe the Cat, by McGinty, Alice B.

Chicken Story Time, by Asher, Sandy

The Yawnicorn, by Hamilton, Emily

Mary Had A Little Plan, by Sauer Tammi

Have Fun with Books:  Children just want to have FUN and if we want them to learn to read, we need to make books and reading fun.   Johnson County Library 

  • Inclement Weather - PAT staff and play center follow all Shawnee Mission School District weather cancellations.  Please check your local news source or the main SMSD website for more information.  If SMSD is closed due to poor weather conditions so are the PAT home visits and the play center. 

Shawnee Mission Play Center - Everything You Need to Know