Adults Need Play, Too!

When I launched the Power of Play Guide, parents and teachers reached out asking "What about adults?" Adults need to play, too! Our lives literally depend on play. When we play, we nurture our relationships, support our physical and mental health, and increase creativity and productivity. And yet, most adults treat play as a luxury or a sin. We tell ourselves that play is something we earn, not something of which we are intrinsically worthy. We burn ourselves out rather than igniting our sparks. It's time for adult swim, and the genius of my grown up play models will be our launchpad for reaching our greatest potential and living our greatest life through PLAY!

Rebecca WeinerApril 25, 2021power of play, Creativity, Innovation, Well-beingComment

Play Supports Coping

Play is what our children need, now more than ever, for learning and for coping. It’s also what our families and communities need for thriving. Play is the birthplace of who we want our children to become: curious, creative, communicative, collaborative, compassionate, and more. Let’s help our children, and by extension our families, schools, and communities, find peace and achieve success through play.

Rebecca WeinerOctober 25, 2020power of play

New Way to Play

Would you like a playroom makeover? There’s a new way to play, and Learn Play Grow can help you “upcycle” your playroom! There are infinite possibilities for how to have fun, feel connected, and learn through play.

Rebecca WeinerJuly 8, 2020power of playComment

Making Investments and Staying with the Challenge

“I sure am glad I made that investment!” said the Monopoly master. Learning through play helped transform explosive behavior and school work refusal into executive functioning and math skills!

Learning toolsRebecca WeinerMay 20, 2020play-based learning, power of playComment

Reimagining Education, Intervention, and Family Engagement

Opportunities for learning together are all around us, and everything we do can have therapeutic value. Now more than ever we need to celebrate this potential to reimagine education, intervention, and family engagement. Learn Play Grow supports education, intervention, and family engagement at home, at school, and in the community to help children of all abilities reach their greatest potential.

Experimenting with Learning Treasure Hunts

Learn Play Grow brings goals and strategies from school and therapy to life at home through developmentally-appropriate play that includes siblings and engages parents. Learning doesn’t just happen at school, and therapy is not something to do once a week. Opportunities for learning and using strategies and skills from therapy are all around!

Rebecca WeinerMarch 16, 2020Learn Play Grow play-based learning, power of playComment

Prescriptions for Play

Research shows play can improve children's abilities to plan, organize, get along with others, and regulate emotions. In addition, play helps with language, math and social skills, and even helps children cope with stress. Giving [children] plenty of opportunities to play is one of the best ways to help them grow into curious, creative, healthy, and happy adults equipped with the skills they need.”

FeaturedRebecca WeinerMarch 15, 2020power of play, play-based learning

Succeeding Through Play

Play is how children learn. Play is also how children learn how to learn. Play is that powerful!For some families, literacy learning is fraught with anxiety. In one of my families, the parents were anxious for their son to learn his sight words, and their son was anxious about being drilled with flashcards. Creativity and flexibility alleviated everyone’s anxiety and sparked learning through play!

Learning toolsRebecca WeinerMarch 11, 2020play-based learning, power of playComment

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