Child-directed play gives children the freedom to explore, create, and learn at their own pace. Discover how open-ended play fosters creativity, independence, problem-solving, confidence, and a lifelong love of learning through meaningful, hands-on experiences.
Make this summer one to remember with screen-free play that inspires creativity, movement, and adventure. Discover fun, open-ended activities that help children stay active, build confidence, strengthen social skills, and create lasting memories away from screens.
Take Field Day to the next level with Imagination Playground Blue Blocks! Discover creative, active games and team-building challenges that encourage collaboration, problem-solving, movement, and open-ended play while making school Field Day unforgettable.
Play has the power to enrich lives at every age. Discover how open-ended play and hands-on activities help older adults improve cognitive health, encourage social connection, inspire creativity, and promote active, joyful aging in senior communities.
We often think of play as simply something fun and entertaining, but it is far more than that. Play is an extremely powerful force on child development – helping children learn important life skills such as problem-solving, negotiation and communication, creative and critical thinking, empathy, and emotional regulation. Let’s explore some of these ways that play can help build the foundation for these essential life skills.
Even before the popularization of the toy industry, children have always found ways to play. Sticks, rocks, and pinecones became the fuel for imaginations to run wild. While toys have certainly evolved, the core need to play has stayed the same.
It seems like every time I refresh my inbox there is a new email popping in with a report on why we need to do more of “this” or less of “that” to help our children developmentally.
Turn off the TV, don’t reach for the tablet- we have some fun activities that are completely kid powered and will keep them engaged for hours!
As parents, we want to give our children every opportunity to succeed in life. We research and enroll them in the best schools, activities, and programs available. But what if we’re overcomplicating what makes a child “successful”?
Play is the greatest teaching tool available to children with more benefits than you may know! Here are just a few scientifically proven reasons why play is important!
A Kindergarten teacher’s perspective on how play-based learning is helping with deficits today’s students face.
Raising toddlers has always been an undertaking not suitable for the weak- hence the stereotypes of the “terrible twos” and “threenagers.” However, the parents, teachers, and caretakers of todays’ toddlers are reporting a new level of tantrums, overstimulation, and clinginess as these “pandemic babies” begin to experience life outside of quarantines and social distancing for the first time.
