Week 11 Check-In: Why Play Matters at Every Age

How Play Builds Skills for a Lifetime (and How to Keep It Going)

This week, we explored something that doesn’t get talked about nearly enough—the role of play in learning, even as kids grow.

For younger kids, play is obvious—it’s how they learn about the world, process emotions, and develop skills naturally. But for older kids and teens, play shifts into things like strategy games, role-playing, creative exploration, …