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Best Small Gifts for Friends and Family: Fun Stocking Fillers!

The holiday season in Australia is all about joy, warmth, and the perfect little surprises – stocking fillers! Whether you’re shopping with your credit card online or browsing stores looking...

December 02, 2023 — Ligia Chelotti

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Unleash Creativity with Build-a-Book at Book Week 2023: A Fusion of Literature and Interactive Play!

Get ready to embark on a one-of-a-kind literary adventure at Book Week 2023.

This year, we have an exclusive treat for you—Build-a-Book!

It’s an innovative way to bring stories to life while sparking creativity through interactive play.

So, gather your bricks, grab your imagination and let's dive into the exciting details of this thrilling combination of literature and hands-on fun!

August 15, 2023 — Denise Meyerson

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Building a Solid Foundation with Six Bricks

In the world of childhood imagination, a simple set of building bricks can become anything. Today, they might form the walls of a towering castle, the roads of a bustling...

July 18, 2023 — Amanda Medina Alves

Tags: back to school childhood unplugged communication creativity educational toys emotional development family time focus and concentration free play growth mindset imagination motor skills play at home

The Power of Play-Based Learning - Use Educational Toys to their Full Extent

Imagine a world where learning is woven into the very fabric of play, where children's laughter rings out as they explore the wonders of the world around them, and where...

July 06, 2023 — Denise Meyerson

Tags: activity ideas activity sets back to school childhood unplugged communication creativity educational toys emotional development family time focus and concentration free play gift ideas growth mindset imagination literacy motor skills Neurodiversity numeracy self-regulation six bricks methodology

Be trained in Six Bricks!

Are you looking for an innovative way to engage and teach your class? Six Bricks is a versatile learning method that is based on play and can be used to...

January 06, 2023 — Amanda Medina Alves

Tags: back to school focus and concentration growth mindset motor skills Neurodiversity numeracy patterning six bricks methodology speech and language structured play

Accelerate your child’s learning!

We all want our kids to shine in the school environment. We want them to take up the challenge of their school career enthusiastically - and parents can play their part...

December 21, 2022 — Amanda Medina Alves

Tags: activity ideas creativity educational toys family time focus and concentration growth mindset imagination motor skills playing with family structured play

When is the best time to use your Yay4Play activity kits?

For Parents: Here are 5 perfect times of the day when using your bricks introduce a way of consolidating skills and having fun at the same time: As you prepare...

December 09, 2022 — Amanda Medina Alves

Tags: activity sets back to school childhood unplugged educational toys focus and concentration growth mindset motor skills play at home six bricks methodology structured play

Improve Numeracy using Six Bricks

We all make hundreds of decisions every day - and so many of those decisions involve using and understanding numbers. Poor numeracy skills place children at an enormous disadvantage as...

November 30, 2022 — Amanda Medina Alves

Tags: activity ideas back to school educational toys focus and concentration growth mindset numeracy play at home playing with family six bricks methodology structured play

Play is how a toddler learns!

Children who have a love of learning are more likely to be successful at school. Play is an ideal way to create that feeling of joy when they learn. We...

August 30, 2022 — Amanda Medina Alves

Tags: communication creativity family time focus and concentration growth mindset imagination motor skills playing with family structured play

Why are our activity kits different from the usual LEGO® DUPLO® sets?

We all want to leverage the power of play to enhance children’s learning. Each type of play has an important role to fulfil in a child’s development.

Yay4Play puts the emphasis on play-based LEARNING. We see the power that play has to build children’s sensory, speech and language, cognitive, motor, social and emotional skills.

January 19, 2022 — Ligia Chelotti

Tags: activity sets creativity emotional development family time growth mindset numeracy patterning playing with family self-regulation sensory skills six bricks methodology speech and language structured play working memory

Prepare your child for the school year!

One of the best ways to prepare your child for the school year is to be aware that children follow your example. You set the tone and the pace and they take their lead from you. What you do inspires the language they use, how they get along with others and the attitude they choose to adopt.

January 18, 2022 — Ligia Chelotti

Tags: back to school creativity emotional development family time growth mindset playing with family