Shawnee Mission PAT Play Center

New Play Center Pictures

Play Center Schedule

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

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 selected Saturdays (listed below)  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!  Please see flyers below with more information.

Play Center Information:

The Shawnee Mission Play Center is a place for parents and children who are enrolled in Shawnee Mission Parents as Teachers. The Play Center is a place for the following:

  • Play, bond and have fun with my child.
  • Play, socialize, and engage with other friends and families.
  • Meet new families with children enrolled in SMSD PAT.
  • Explore the outdoor play area if weather permits.
  • Talk to a Parent Educator about parenting resources or developmental concerns.
Play Center Rules:
  • Please leave food and drink at home.
  • Stay with your child and supervise their play.
  • Model responsibility and help put toys away.
  • Change diapers in the bathroom on the changing table/place in a plastic bag then put in the trash can.
  • Clean your hands and your child's hands often.

Thank you for helping make the Shawnee Mission Parents as Teachers Play Center experience a positive and fun time for all families who attend!

Saturday Play Centers are as follows:  2025-2026 

  • Saturday, December 6 
  • Saturday, January 10, 2026
  • Saturday, February 7

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, July 16
  • Friday, September 19
  • Friday, October 17
  • Friday, November 21
  • Friday, December 19
  • Friday, January 16, 2026
  • Friday, February 20
  • Friday, March 20
  • Friday, April 17
  • Friday, May 22

Holiday Schedule:  Play Center Closed

  • Fridays, November 28
  • Friday, December 26 
  • Friday, January 2, 2026

Location - Early Childhood Education Center (Broadmoor Center) 6701 W. 83rd Street (83rd & Metcalf) - Office phone:  (913) 993-2610.

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Inclement weather:  The Shawnee Mission Parents as Teachers Program follows the Shawnee Mission School District's guidelines for inclement weather. If school is cancelled due to poor weather conditions, all PAT personal home visits and events will be cancelled. Your Parent Educator will contact you to reschedule your visit. Please watch your local news for school closings. Due to health and safety guidelines, times and dates are subject to change.

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.