![]() ![]() We receive the best feedback from our customers and truly enjoy hearing about the LOVE they have for the Big Blue Blocks. We feel incredibly lucky to be able to bring the Big Blue Blocks to Australia, and now New Zeland. Is there anything else you would like to share about your experience with the Blue Blocks? Put down the iPad and pick up a blue block! With so much screen-heavy learning, this is the absolute right way to gain the right balance. From young to older kids, the Blocks are a fantastic, unplugged loose-parts play products that provide an outlet for unleashing that creativity – transforming any space into a playground that encourages children to have so much fun they don’t realise they have been learning valuable STEAM skills the whole time. There is no better investment for our next generation, the Blocks are such a high quality product that do not become stale or static but can grow with children. ![]() What would you tell another organization that was considering purchasing Imagination Playground Blocks? It becomes an incredible memory that stays with them long after the blocks were put down. Kids feel empowered, learn at their own pace, enjoy being challenged to dream and create without parameters.Ĭhildren are not going to forget the experience of playing with the Big Blue Blocks. It is this type of play that is perfect for inspiring imagination because it has a million and endless combinations. In your experience, what are the children’s favorite aspect of using the Blue Blocks?ĭefinitely the non-prescriptive, no rules, no right or wrong, endless play potential. This was a grand opening of a new community space in a Sydney shopping centre and we were proud to see our Big Blue Blocks take place as a major feature, but more than that, we were excited to see it be the most popular attraction for both kids and adults! Just recently we had an organization create a “Blue Room” and took the Big Blue Block concept and run with it! From the walls to the floor – everything was blue! They even built a block wall so that they kids could build off the wall as they created different structures. What are some examples of ways you see the Blue Blocks being used? We have been following Imagination Playground since the Blocks first appeared in New York City ten years ago – and we’ve been obsessed ever since! So may possibilities for creative play with the Blocks, they are an incredible resource. How did the organization initially hear about Imagination Playground? Too many to count! We are fortunate to have the Blocks in museums, shopping care centres, community spaces, schools, child care centres all over Australia and now New Zealand. How many different organizations have you had a part in bringing the Blue Blocks to? How long has your organization had Imagination Playground Blocks? ![]() We feel very lucky to be in a country that believes in collaborative and strategic opportunities, where using the Big Blue Blocks is recommended to learn through play. For these institutions to recognise and invest in strategies to provide a framework in STEAM spaces shows a commitment to investing in our future generation of young Aussie thinkers. We are lucky enough to have a government and school system that invests in the importance of STEAM philosophy and begins implementing it at an early age. And that’s where the Blue Blocks come in! They fit the philosophy of Mud Kitchen perfectly!ĭoes your country use/implement loose-part play differently from other parts of the world? And that’s how Mud Kitchen began… by scouring the world for products, equipment, and resources that captured the same magic of hands-on, ‘old-school’ immersive screen-free play that was so captivating and memorable. Fast forward 30 years, and those road trips turned into global wanderings, and landed that girl in Australia, with children of her own, and a desire to give them a taste of the playful learning nirvana she had experienced in the museums all those years ago. These adventures were hot, dusty, messy, noisy, and incredibly memorable, for all the right reasons.Īt almost every city along the way, there was a Children’s Museum to explore. Way back in the early 1980s, founder and CEO, Liz Rossiter took Summer road trips across the United States with her family. Tell us a little bit about your organization, possibly including history of your organization. What is your organization’s name and where is it located?
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