08/22/2026
Sunflower Soul: The Mixtape 🎶
Tickets are officially on sale!
Join us September 27 at Arts Garage for an evening of live music, dancing, food and refreshments, all in celebration of Susan’s love of music and in support of Sunflower Creative Arts. 💛
Girlfriend Material will be playing live, with a special appearance by Frank Cerabino on saxophone.
Sunday, September 27
6–9 PM
Arts Garage, Delray Beach
Tickets are $55 and include food and refreshments.
🎟️ Get yours at the link in our bio.
We can’t wait to fill Arts Garage with Sunflower friends, music and a whole lot of dancing. 🎶
08/15/2026
Sensory play is a simple and exciting way for children to explore their different senses, movement, balance and more in an unstructured setting.
Children naturally explore textures, tastes, sounds and smell through hands-on learning, which helps to build cognitive skills. By experimenting with different materials children practice observation skills and predict and draw conclusions about the natural and physical world.
Here at Sunflower sensory invitations are part of our daily environment setup.
A few of our popular invitations are:
🔹Fake Snow (baking soda + hair conditioner)
🔸 Shaving Cream + water
🔹Corn starch +mater mix
🔸Clay +modeling tools
🔹Cloud dough ( flour + baby oil)
08/06/2026
Seedling Alumni Service Club (Ages 13–18)
We’re excited to welcome another year of the Seedling Alumni Service Club for alumni ages 13–18 who are eager to give back to the community while earning volunteer hours. This group serves alongside their peers, building leadership, connection, and a shared sense of purpose.
Opportunities include volunteering at Sunflower events such as Ice Castle and Hop, Skip & Jump, as well as partnering with other local nonprofits to support the wider community.
The club offers approximately 10 service opportunities each year, about once a month, creating meaningful, hands-on ways for teens to stay connected to Sunflower while making a real impact.
Interested in joining? Please sign up by emailing [email protected]
08/04/2026
Rough and tumble play is a normal part of healthy childhood development.
Although it can sometimes look chaotic to those watching from the sidelines, true rough and tumble play is cooperative. Children are reading one another’s cues, taking turns, testing their own abilities, and learning where the limits are, both physically and socially.
Research has linked rough and tumble play to the development of physical coordination, body awareness, self regulation, resilience, social competence, language, and confidence. It also gives children opportunities to take healthy risks, solve problems, and recover from setbacks.
Think back to your childhood.🤔
Do you remember having rough-and-tumble play experiences? Although it may look like a little battle to those passing by, rough-and-tumble play is not fighting.
07/31/2026
Another year of Build & Play is in the books, and we recently had the chance to gather with the teachers and administrators who welcomed us into their schools throughout the year.
Each year, this appreciation gathering gives us the opportunity to come together, reflect on the year, hear firsthand stories from the classroom, and most importantly, thank the educators who opened their doors to us.
Thank you to our 2025–2026 Build & Play partners: Village Academy, Achievement Centers for Children & Families, Carver Middle School, and Guatemalan Maya Center. We are grateful for your partnership and for the opportunity to learn alongside you.
Learn more about Build & Play here:
https://buildandplay.org/
07/29/2026
“Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It’s actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.”
-Alison Gopnik
07/29/2026