The Playful Parent’s Guide: 5 Tips for Mixing Learning and Play This Summer
22 May 2025 3:23 PM IST22 May 2025 3:23 PM IST
By weaving playful learning into their daily routine, you’re not only making memories that last, you're also helping your child grow in all the ways that matter.
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With summer vacations underway, parents are eager to find meaningful ways to keep their kids engaged and entertained. But what if these activities did more than just fill time? This is the perfect time to build confidence, unlock innovation, and develop critical thinking in children. By weaving playful learning into their daily routine, you’re not only making memories that last, you're also helping your child grow in all the ways that matter. After all, the best learning happens when kids are simply having fun, because play is what builds you.
Here are 5 tips from the LEGO Group® that can help your kids learn and grow this summer:
1. Engage in Pretend Play: Scaffolding Social Skills Start with a story, one you invent together with your kids. Crafting imaginative plotlines using action figures or dolls encourages kids to build their own worlds fueled by imagination. These little role-playing moments become building blocks for emotional intelligence and stronger social skills.
2. Visit the LEGO® Store in Delhi: Explore a Creative Workshop A trip to India’s first LEGO® Certified Store at Ambience Mall, Gurugram, is like stepping into a whole new world, it’s a space where kids can build with their hands and grow essential skills. Here, they can craft their own characters at the Minifigure Factory, build freely at the Pick-a- Brick wall, and explore over 250 exclusive sets. It’s the perfect place to get inspired and build big ideas.
3. Read Aloud Together: Building Language Foundations At home, keep the creativity flowing with shared reading time. Read-aloud sessions don’t just strengthen vocabulary and comprehension, they also nurture emotional connection. Every story becomes another layer in your child’s growing world of words and wonder.
4. Playing with LEGO® Bricks: Constructing Cognitive Skills Through Creative Play Playing with LEGO® lets kids explore shapes, balance, and spatial thinking. As they stack and build, they’re strengthening problem-solving skills, hand-eye coordination, and their ability to focus, all crucial for brain development.
5. Start a Summer Journal: Expressing Emotion Encouraging daily doodles and reflections builds a personal archive of thoughts and feelings. Over time, these journal pages become a creative structure that supports literacy, self- awareness, and pride in their own story.
Piece together your summer with these tips that help kids stack up on essential skills. From building and reading to storytelling, each moment adds a layer of growth and helps lead the way, one playful step at a time.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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