Play Included C.I.C.’s Post

We often get asked if older children and teenagers can benefit from the Brick-by-Brick® programme – the answer is yes! To mark #TeenSelfEsteemMonth, our founder, Dr. Gina Gomez de la Cuesta, explains how collaborative LEGO® play can inspire confidence in young people. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ept2c3EN #PlayIncluded #TeenMentalHealth #Teaching #Wellbeing  

Do you play every day? Play can feel self-indulgent, counter-intuitive, and a downright waste of time when you're struggling, lonely, fearful, under pressure to perform, just trying to stay afloat... But play is shown to heal through learning, life skills, and psychosocial well-being for children. Why wouldn't that also be true for adults? While the UN-recognized International Day of Play, coordinated by a network of organisations and initiated by the LEGO Group Group and The LEGO Foundation Foundation, is about putting play back on the agenda for children, perhaps it should be about EVERYONE celebrating the power of play. How do you build play into your day for yourself? your colleagues? your workplace? #InternationalDayofPlay #MentalHealth #Possibilities

More fun activities to do with phonograms!! There are just soooo many! This doesn't have to be drudgery. And we need to keep finding new ways to maintain their interest because repetition is so important on the road to mastery. Dictation games are fantastic when you have two children working together. Or, if a child is working alone, memory games are the way to go. Find our Phonogram Lists at https://lnkd.in/eBingRsw #game #happy #childledlearning #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning #preschool #educator #followthechild #gameschooling #invitationtoplay #iteachk #iteachprek #learningbydoing #openendedplay #parenting #pedagogy #gentleparenting #playandlearn #preparedenvironment #preschoolactivities #reggioinspired #selfdirectedlearning #specialedteacher

Cultivating Empathy Through Play: Play helps children understand others' perspectives. Encourage role-play and cooperative games. 👭🎭💕 #ParentingHacks #EarlyEdTips #EffectiveParenting #ChildLearningStrategies #CreativeParenting #EducationalHacks #ToddlerTeaching #SkillfulParenting #ChildhoodDevelopment #PlayfulLearning #ParentChildRelationship #ParentingTips

What are the benefits of BRICK Therapy? Playing with LEGO bricks in a therapy setting promotes social interaction, turn-taking skills, sharing, collaborative problem-solving and the learning of concepts. It can be used to target goals around social skills, language and motor skills. Get in touch today for a free consultation and to book your child’s session. #bricktherapy #socialskills #socialskillsforkids #turntaking #problemsolving #ProblemSolvingSkills

Four good reasons for play: 1. You need it for your brain and your soul. 2. It allows kids to be themselves. 3. Play builds creative thinking, problem solving, and self-confidence. 4. Learning through play makes nearly any subject more engaging. June 11 is now International Day of Play, but play should happen every day, for people of all ages! What are *your* reasons for playing? #InternationalDayOfPlay #WorldPlayDay #Play #PlayfulLearning

The power of helping. One of the things I feel is important to empower the children in my care is for them to realise they can help each other and don't "need" adults to solve the situation. Like here - until we stepped back and refused to lift them up the children were dependent on adults to lift them up. Suddenly they realised they could help each other - and they had the self-regulatory power to help others knowing that they would then be helped. They could spend a full hour doing this. What was interesting was that when I announced there was 10 minutes left until we needed to catch the underground train back to preschool children would often run off to play something else the moment they had been helped up onto the sculpture slide (it is an actual play sculpture) and finished their turn - resulting in the last few children not having enough support to get up... I would remind the children of their responsibility but would not force - some did stay or return and help but an adult would always step in to ensure they all got their last turn with our help. It's a process - at age five it's still a big thing to invest helping others when it's not their first thought that maybe another time they might be last and in need of help... the enticement of play is often just too strong But we would create space for those left without help to voice their opinions and to create awareness and maybe an increased likelihood of help next time... #originallearning #originallearningapproach #play #autonomy #riskyplay #selfregulation #selfregulationskills #riskfylldlek

Every day for the past fortnight, one of my sons has come home from school and spent the next hour or two going up and down the footpath on his skateboard. Every few days he’s gone further, he’s made it to the school and practised there, he’s discovered a boy around the corner who is also keen on skating, he’s failed 100 times and picked himself up and pushed himself in a way that I know doesn’t come easy. He’s practised resilience and managing frustration and starting over again and again. He’s waited patiently as the toddler next door wanted a turn. He’s negotiated turns and point scoring with his brothers. He’s felt pride and exhaustion. All the things people who observe children at play see every single day. When we talk about valuing active play and safer streets and the freedom to play out, we are actually talking about allowing our children the time, the safe spaces and the permission to grow and learn and challenge themselves to become well rounded adults. It’s developmentally appropriate that kids do this- but we seem to create so many barriers both as parents and as a society. I’ve spoken to families who would happily allow their kids to play out- but the barriers are just too big to easily give that permission. Who could blame them? What ends up happening is that this kind of free after school play becomes a privilege. It becomes something that happens easily in some communities and rarely in others. What is the impact of that? Theres definitely no single solution, but an excellent starting point is getting people on board to see how incredibly important this is to the next generation, and how it starts right in our own neighbourhoods.

Benefits of Play Tubes on Playgrounds for Kids Tunnels can provide many benefits to the health and well-being of children. These include: 1. Exercise: These structures give children a way to exercise that differs from other types of play equipment. Crawling or scooting through the tunnel can enhance the physical activity they are gaining from other play pieces. 2. Developing Motor Skills: Exploring tunnels can help children develop their gross motor skills, coordination, and body awareness. The crawling movement helps them control the moving of their arms and legs. 3. Dramatic Play: Of course, tunnels offer a child a fun and interactive way to play. They can move through them, hide in them, or look out of them in the models with bubbles or windows. They can make the whole play space more fun and exciting for children, helping them get more out of their play experience. #playgrounds #playtubes #premierparkplay #getourside #learnandgrow #parksandrecreation #communityparks

Benefits of Play Tubes on Playgrounds for Kids Tunnels can provide many benefits to the health and well-being of children. These include: 1. Exercise: These structures give children a way to exercise that differs from other types of play equipment. Crawling or scooting through the tunnel can enhance the physical activity they are gaining from other play pieces. 2. Developing Motor Skills: Exploring tunnels can help children develop their gross motor skills, coordination, and body awareness. The crawling movement helps them control the moving of their arms and legs. 3. Dramatic Play: Of course, tunnels offer a child a fun and interactive way to play. They can move through them, hide in them, or look out of them in the models with bubbles or windows. They can make the whole play space more fun and exciting for children, helping them get more out of their play experience. #playgrounds #playtubes #premierparkplay #getourside #learnandgrow #parksandrecreation #communityparks