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

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!

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
Four Yay4Play activities to help your child be ready for school

Four Yay4Play activities to help your child be ready for school

We all want to ensure that our child makes an easy transition into school. They need a really broad range of skills so that they cope easily in a school environment.
January 13, 2022 — Ligia Chelotti
Tags: back to school emotional development numeracy patterning self-regulation sensory skills speech and language working memory
3+ Fun things to do with kids at home during the holidays

3+ Fun things to do with kids at home during the holidays

Kids benefit from a wide range of different activities that build all kinds of critically important skills that ensure they are ready for a great year at school.  Your children...
December 21, 2021 — Amanda Medina Alves
All that changes with just 6 bricks! - Yay4Play

All that changes with just 6 bricks!

There are millions and millions of ways in which you can combine just 6 bricks – the combinations are indeed endless. Schools and parents use these concrete manipulatives to engage...
November 30, 2021 — Ligia Chelotti
Tags: creativity family time numeracy playing with family sensory skills speech and language working memory
Play time = Happy Family time - Yay4Play

Play time = Happy Family time

Playing together makes families happier, closer and less stressed – but over a third (38%) admit they struggle to prioritise playtime due to hectic daily schedules of both parents and their children, according to a new report released by the LEGO Group.

November 10, 2021 — Ligia Chelotti
Tags: family time playing with family
Play to build critical skills for life - Yay4Play

Play to build critical skills for life

Help your child develop the critical skills that they need to navigate an uncertain and increasingly complex world. And you can achieve this in a playful way! Play is one...
October 05, 2021 — Ligia Chelotti
Working Memory is KEY to learning! - Yay4Play

Working Memory is KEY to learning!

Children need to engage their auditory and their visual-spatial working memory to access & reiterate information, even as new information comes in.

August 25, 2021 — Ligia Chelotti
Tags: working memory