Children laughing and playing together during a Primally Playful program in Ghana
Our films

See the work.

Five short films from a field in Davis to schools and orphanages abroad. This is what a booking, a course, or a gift sets in motion.

Play, in the places it matters most

Watch our work around the world.

Every Play Pilgrimage trains teachers to carry the happiness program home for the rest of their careers. Press play and see what that looks like.

Ghana

The poverty in Ghana & the power of play

In one of the places that needs joy most, play meets real poverty, and a single trained teacher changes what a whole classroom feels like.

Kyrgyz Republic

Play Pilgrimage to the Kyrgyz Republic

A return to where the foundation's story began. Jared first taught health and happiness through play at an orphanage here, and this is the work coming full circle.

Costa Rica

A Primally Playful Foundation in Costa Rica

Kids fill a field with games while their teachers learn to make happiness a daily lesson, not a one-day visit.

On the road

Our 5th Primally Playful Pilgrimage

Five trips in, the model is proven. Train teachers through play, and they reach thousands of kids over a career.

The method

A Primally Playful Behavior Change Workshop

A look inside the workshop itself, where play becomes the way we teach the habits of a joyful life and they actually stick.

Keep watching You learn more about someone in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

There is more on our channel, from Davis Family Fun Fests to programs abroad.

A young child beaming while holding a glow ball at dusk during the Family Fun Fest
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