Where hands-on learning meets real-world impact.
Did you know the UN designated June 11 as the official International Day of Play? This global celebration recognizes every child’s human right to time, space, and access to play, acknowledging play’s essential role in their development. At LEGO® Education, World Play Day celebrates our belief that students thrive through joyful, hands-on, purposeful play that helps them understand their world and build crucial skills.
During World Play Day, students will collaborate to design playful solutions to real-world challenges in their communities while also growing confidence, creativity, and passion for learning along the way. The future is in their hands—and it starts with purposeful play!
Where hands-on learning meets real-world impact.
Did you know the UN designated June 11 as the official International Day of Play? This global celebration recognizes every child’s human right to time, space, and access to play, acknowledging play’s essential role in their development. At LEGO® Education, World Play Day celebrates our belief that students thrive through joyful, hands-on, purposeful play that helps them understand their world and build crucial skills.
During World Play Day, students will collaborate to design playful solutions to real-world challenges in their communities while also growing confidence, creativity, and passion for learning along the way. The future is in their hands—and it starts with purposeful play!
Purposeful play has power. Let's give it a spot.
Built for function, too often, cities forget to be fun. This World Play Day, LEGO® Education turns the world into learning playgrounds where underused spaces become Play Spots.
Students, putting themselves in the shoes of inventors, engineers, ecological planners, and more, will tackle hands-on design challenges to overcome real-world obstacles in their communities. They’ll reimagine vacant neighborhood spaces as hubs of creativity, STEAM innovation, and community connection.
Using LEGO® Education sets, LEGO® bricks, craft supplies, or whatever’s nearby, students will turn big ideas into vibrant community Play Spots that inspire joy and meaning for all.
Educator Toolkit Resources
Your go-to resource for The Play Spot adventure has everything you need to implement the program, fitting whatever time constraints you face. It includes suggestions to bring students’ ideas to life, class discussion starters, differentiation suggestions, exploration activities, and more!
World Play Day STEAM Heroes
STEAM Heroes put the “fun” in function as they design brighter futures for their communities. After hearing about exciting STEAM careers directly from real-world innovators including a Smart City Technologist, Public Arts Coordinator, Landscape Architect, and Ecological Planner, students will be inspired to research and design their own Play Spots.
City-Themed Lesson Playlist
Do you have LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential or LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime sets in your classroom?
Inspire a lifelong love of STEAM learning with engaging lessons from this special city and community-themed LEGO® Education lesson playlist. Incorporate these lessons into your students’ Play Spot prototypes and designs or extend the learning. Select from elementary or middle school lessons.
Make sure to share your students’ amazing Play Spot creations on social media on World Play Day (June 11), using the hashtags #PlaySpot and #LEGOWorldPlayDay.
Let’s make the world their playground because our future is in their hands.
Find out how the UN, the LEGO Group, and organizations around the world champion the right of each child to play, learn, and grow. At LEGO® Education, we believe that play has an important role in each classroom and that learning through play can deliver strong learning outcomes for every student.
Share your students’ awesome ideas to help put learning and cities in play mode! Some of the most creative designs will be featured in the LEGO.com global gallery and may even be shared with city planners and decision makers!
Let’s make the world their playground because our future is in their hands.
Find out how the UN, the LEGO Group, and organizations around the world champion the right of each child to play, learn, and grow. At LEGO® Education, we believe that play has an important role in each classroom and that learning through play can deliver strong learning outcomes for every student.
Share your students’ awesome ideas to help put learning and cities in play mode! Some of the most creative designs will be featured in the LEGO.com global gallery and may even be shared with city planners and decision makers!