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Smart Cities Start with Play

Playful Learning Landscapes transforms places where children and families gather every day into thoughtfully designed hubs for meaningful play and connection.

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Smart Cities Start with Play

Playful Learning Landscapes transforms places where children and families gather every day into thoughtfully designed hubs for meaningful play and connection.

Our Mission

Playful Learning Landscapes partners with communities in the U.S. and beyond to turn everyday places into vibrant hubs of learning and connection for kids and families. Using a science-based approach called Playful Learning, we design and build interactive installations that create a new kind of public square where young children, guided by adults, can develop the cognitive and social skills they need to thrive.

Our Vision

To create a world where every neighborhood sparks joyful discovery and brings communities together through play.

Our Projects in Action

Bus Stop

Abacus Bus Stop

Santa Ana, CA
Part of the Playful Learning Initiative in Santa Ana, CA, the Abacus Bus Stop transforms a neighborhood transit stop into an interactive math experience, inviting children and caregivers to slide beads, count, compare quantities, and explore patterns while waiting for the bus.
Public Transit System

Reading Promise

Philadelphia, PA
Reading Promise was a Philadelphia literacy initiative that activated everyday spaces with playful reading prompts and interactive storytelling cues, encouraging children and caregivers to share books, spark conversation, and build joyful reading habits together.
Homeless Shelter

Baring House

Philadelphia, PA
Part of HopePHL, the Baring House project features an indoor sensory wall and outdoor musical Playful Learning elements designed to encourage exploration, movement, and shared discovery.
Homeless Shelter

Woodstock Family Center

Philadelphia, PA
Part of HopePHL, the Woodstock Family Center project features outdoor Playful Learning furniture, including two interactive tabletops and three benches designed to encourage conversation, exploration, and shared discovery in an open-air setting.
Homeless Shelter

Stenton Family Manor

Philadelphia, PA
Part of HopePHL, the Stenton Family Manor installation features eleven Playful Learning tabletops integrated throughout the dining room, transforming everyday mealtime into opportunities for conversation, problem-solving, and shared discovery.
Homeless Shelter

Red Shield Family Center

Philadelphia, PA
Part of HopePHL, the Red Shield Family Center installation features a Playful Cozy “Fort Building” space designed to encourage imagination, collaboration, and creative problem-solving through hands-on construction and open-ended play.
Homeless Shelter

Drueding Center

Philadelphia, PA
Part of HopePHL, the Drueding Center installation features portable Playful Learning indoor elements designed to activate an indoor play space, including an interactive mat and guided prompts that encourage movement, conversation, and shared exploration.
Homeless Shelter

Darlene Morris Family Shelter

Philadelphia, PA
Part of HopePHL, the Darlene Morris Family Shelter mural is an interactive wraparound mural that transforms a family room into a playful learning space, featuring I-Spy elements and prompts that nurture social-emotional growth and imaginative thinking.
Homeless Shelter

Jane Addams Place

Philadelphia, PA
Part of HopePHL, the Jane Addams Place mural is a Playful Learning installation that reflects the surrounding community, celebrates diversity, and creates a welcoming environment for children and caregivers.

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Ultimate Block Party, Inc, dba Playful Learning Landscapes is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible. Thank you for your support!
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