Welcome to Playful Learning
Your Partner in Early Childhood Education
A play-based, standards-aligned early childhood, supplemental curriculum that engages students, elevates teaching, and strengthens the school-to-home connection.
Playful Learning brings education to life through our in-person preschool studio and hands-on learning materials—carefully curated for the youngest learners—and the teachers, schools, and families who care for them.
INTERDISCIPLINARY
Theme-Based Units
Our library of theme-based units are designed to meld a child’s natural sense of curiosity with thoughtfully planned learning experiences. Our hands-on lessons are the perfect complement to your preschool curriculum.
Playful Learning’s curriculum is perfect for teachers, schools, and community organizations interested in implementing play-based programs.
100% of Teachers
say Playful Learning materials have enhanced
the implementation of The Creative Curriculum©.
Click to view classroom case studies that highlight the positive impact of pairing Playful Learning’s hands-on, play-based curriculum with your current classroom culture. Examples include both public and private school environments, as well as homeschool applications.
How It Works
Set Up a Free Demo Call
Set up an optional call with a member of the Playful Learning team to learn firsthand how Playful Learning can elevate your teaching, increase student engagement, and build strong school-to-home connections.
Customize Your Offering
Click on our offerings below to learn how best to interact with our curriculum. We’ve done the curation for you—so you can focus on teaching, not prepping.
Bring Your classroom to life
Our hands-on lessons complement the curriculum you’re already using. Get ready to save hours and bring fresh energy and inspiration into your classroom!
Online License
Log in to access carefully curated Playful Learning experiences, printable lessons, and useful resources—designed to keep you on top of your game while enjoying the process.
Unit Boxes
Designed by teachers, for teachers, this beautifully curated resource saves you hours of prep time. Just open the box and you’re ready for mini-lessons, 1:1 instruction, assessments, choice time & center time.
Professional Development
Enjoy online workshops that help you bring play into your teaching while meeting the needs of your students. Our professional development inspires teachers with ready-to-implement ideas that elevate teaching.
Real Teachers, Real Reviews
“The Playful Learning Curriculum created a myriad of opportunities for my young learners to explore several pathways and milestones in learning. The beautifully designed materials elevated the language and literacy experiences of my students. My students are always excited to explore the next topic. Through the use of Playful Learning materials, the home-school connection proved to be highly successful.”
– 3K Public School Teacher, Bancroft Elementary School, Washington, D.C.
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hands-on activities, save teachers hours of time, increase student engagement, and build strong school-to-home connections.
our approach
Research-Based
Playful Learning was founded by award-winning educator and author Mariah Bruehl in 2008 as an online resource for children, parents, and teachers.
With the goal of bridging research and practice, Playful Learning Studio opened its doors in the spring of 2015 in the village of East Hampton, New York. We provide young learners with engaging in-person preschool programs utilizing our proprietary, play-based curriculum and methods.
Our innovative early childhood curriculum and hands-on experiences are developed in-house by our team of educators based on proven best practices and implemented daily in our highly curated early childhood classrooms and gardens.
Once the curriculum has been vetted in our studio, it’s made available to teachers and schools worldwide through our online membership, professional development, and hands-on unit boxes.
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A UNIT BOX
After a decade of research and practical field-testing by our teachers, we’re launching a brand-new way to bring Playful Learning into your classroom—beautifully curated, printed materials shipped straight to your door.
No more hours spent searching for and developing your lessons. Each box includes access to our online portal, packed with lesson plans, supply lists, photo gallery inspiration, and book recommendations—so everything is seamlessly organized for you. Let us handle the curation so you can focus on what you do best: inspiring young minds.
Just open the box and you’re ready for…
Mini-Lessons 1:1 Instruction Assessments Choice Time & Center Time
Our hands-on lessons complement the curriculum you’re already using, including Creative Curriculum! Get ready to save time and bring fresh energy and inspiration into your classroom!
Playful Learning BOOKS
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Real-Life RULES!
