Play, designed by you

We built our activities with help from experts in learning through play. Use their guidelines to design your own, engage families and build a world of play

Remember how children learn through play

During your activity children should feel joy and surprise, create meaningful connections between ideas, be active and absorbed, and iterate what they’re doing while engaging with others.

Engaging young children in play

Stick to inclusive play principles

  • Be fair, accessible and playful
  • Make sure it’s meaningful and valuable to busy families
  • Don’t base it exclusively on LEGO® bricks
  • Make sure it works well with existing learning through play activities
  • Show rather than tell where you can
  • Let the learner choose what they do where possible
  • Be practical
  • Remember COVID safety

 

Help adults get more play in each day

  • Show the power of learning through play through hands-on experience and demonstrations from facilitators
  • Build carers’ confidence and abilities in playing with their child and 'putting more play in their day’
  • Provide opportunities for joyful bonding through play to motivate carers to play more often.

 

Aim to build a world of play

Thinking about your activities through the lens of longer term, systemic change – taking Build a World of Play from a moment to a movement.

Our playful learning ideas

What Makes Us Special

Ages: 6-9 years

People: 3+

Duration: Under 15 minutes

Mission Improbable

Ages: 6-9 years

People: 3+

Duration: Under 15 minutes

Brick Music Sequence

Ages: 6-9 years

People: 4+

Duration: Under 15 minutes

Unseen Guesses

Ages: 6-9 years

People: 3+

Duration: Under 15 minutes

Traffic Lights

Ages: 6-9 years

People: 3+

Duration: Under 15 minutes

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About the Build a World of Play campaign

Community spaces: Bring everyone together

We’ve created ideas and guides to bring play to libraries, museums and other community organisations and spaces. Are you ready to host them?

Big ideas to put children at the centre

We’ve launched our biggest open call grant yet - for organisations everywhere around the world to work on to join up and share their boldest ideas to help children under six learn through play. Find out more!