{"id":12752,"date":"2025-07-14T08:59:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/mas-de-200-000-ninos-y-ninas-celebraran-el-dia-internacional-del-juego\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:28:05","slug":"mas-de-200-000-ninos-y-ninas-celebraran-el-dia-internacional-del-juego","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/mas-de-200-000-ninos-y-ninas-celebraran-el-dia-internacional-del-juego\/","title":{"rendered":"290,000 children celebrate International Play Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-start=\"4372\" data-end=\"4611\">On June 11, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM, Play Hour takes place \u2014 an initiative to commemorate the International Day of Play within the framework of the Portuguese Network&#8217;s thematic group &#8220;Playing in the Educating City&#8221;. The proposal invites <strong data-start=\"4393\" data-end=\"4410\">member cities<\/strong> to offer spaces such as schoolyards, squares, streets, or parks where <strong data-start=\"4481\" data-end=\"4509\">children can play freely<\/strong>, promoting their <strong data-start=\"4527\" data-end=\"4544\">right to play<\/strong> and highlighting its <strong data-start=\"4566\" data-end=\"4604\">educational, social, and emotional<\/strong> value.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-start=\"4613\" data-end=\"4797\"><strong data-start=\"4613\" data-end=\"4624\">In 2023<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"4626\" data-end=\"4650\">50 Portuguese cities<\/strong> participated, involving <strong data-start=\"4675\" data-end=\"4695\">160,000 children<\/strong>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-start=\"4613\" data-end=\"4797\">This year, close to\u00a0<strong data-start=\"4708\" data-end=\"4728\">290.000 children<\/strong><span data-start=\"4708\" data-end=\"4728\">\u00a0from <strong>7<\/strong><\/span><strong data-start=\"4734\" data-end=\"4762\">\u00a0countries<\/strong>\u00a0take part in the event:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Argentina (2):\u00a0<\/strong>C\u00f3rdoba, Gualeguaych\u00fa.<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Brazil (10):\u00a0<\/strong>Araraquara, Fagundes Varela, Ipecaet\u00e1, Jaguari, Mata, Passo Fundo, Santa Maria, S\u00e3o Paulo, S\u00e3o Vicente do Sul, Soledade.<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Spain (11):\u00a0<\/strong>Almorad\u00ed, Alovera, Barcelona, Coru\u00f1a, Ibi, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lleida, Ondara, Roquetas de Mar, Sant Cugat del Vall\u00e8s, Villena Zaragoza,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fran\u00e7e (1):\u00a0<\/strong>Lattes<strong style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>M\u00e9xico (2):\u00a0<\/strong>Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, Guanajuato.<\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Portugal (65):\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c1gueda, Albufeira, Alcochete, Alenquer, Alf\u00e2ndega da F\u00e9, Almada, Almod\u00f4var, Anadia, Arruda dos Vinhos, Barcelos, Barreiro, Braga, Cascais, Coimbra, Condeixa a Nova, Covilh\u00e3, Esposende, Estremoz, Fafe, Figueira da Foz, Funchal, Fund\u00e3o, Gondomar, Guimar\u00e3es, Lagoa (Algarve), Lagos, Lisboa, Loul\u00e9, Loures, Lous\u00e3, Lousada, Maia, Marco de Canaveses, Matosinhos, Mealhada, Miranda do Corvo, Odemira, Odivelas, Oeiras, Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira, Palmela, Pampilhosa da Serra, Paredes, Peniche, Ponta Delgada, Portim\u00e3o, Porto, P\u00f3voa de Lanhoso, Santo Tirso, Sesimbra, Set\u00fabal, Sobral de Monte Agra\u00e7o, Soure, T\u00e1bua, Torres Novas, Torres Vedras, Valongo, Vila do Bispo, Vila do Conde, Vila Franca de Xira, Vila Nova de Famalic\u00e3o, Vila Real, Vila Verde, Viseu, Vizela.<strong style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Puerto Rico (1):\u00a0<\/strong>Caguas.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-start=\"5515\" data-end=\"5787\">At the latest <strong>IAEC<\/strong> assembly, <strong data-start=\"5548\" data-end=\"5565\">Torres Vedras<\/strong> extended an invitation to all Educating Cities to join this celebration, once again coordinating the event.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-start=\"5515\" data-end=\"5787\"><em>Note: Video courtesy of the Municipality of Torres Vedras<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":12753,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[2340,800],"edc_news_tag":[],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-12752","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-dia-internacional-2","edc_news_cat-international-day"],"acf":{"edcities_scope":["global"],"edcities_related_city":[],"edcities_related_network":[],"edcities_related_minisite":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>290,000 children celebrate International Play Day - Edcities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/mas-de-200-000-ninos-y-ninas-celebraran-el-dia-internacional-del-juego\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"290,000 children celebrate International Play Day - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On June 11, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM, Play Hour takes place \u2014 an initiative to commemorate the International Day of Play within the framework of the Portuguese Network&#8217;s thematic group &#8220;Playing in the Educating City&#8221;. 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