Play Well for School
Play: The Original Learning Language
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Today’s students face unprecedented challenges:
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Rising anxiety
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Fragmented attention
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Education systems that prioritizes test scores over meaningful growth.
At PLAYSTRUCK, we empower educators with researched-backed play solutions that develop the skills children truly need: creative problem solving, emotional resilience, and authentic connection.
Our evidence-based approach helps students:
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Navigate challenges
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Express themselves
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Adapt to change
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Foster self-awareness
PLAYSTRUCK’s tools meet children where they thrive through hands-on play experiences for every educational environment so they can truly learn, live, and play well.
The Pressing Need for Play
Mental health challenges are showing up earlier than ever for some young learners. One in three kids ages 8-13 report feeling anxious or overwhelmed at school. And with students training for jobs that don’t exist yet alongside fewer physical breaks during the school day, it’s no wonder.
78%
of educators say traditional methods fail to prepare kids for tomorrow’s jobs
86%
of teachers report that creative play boosts engagement more than any incentive system
33%
increase in cognitive development, communication abilities, and overall wellbeing found in children encouraged to learn through play
Play isn’t just how children learn. It’s how they cultivate the courage to reshape their world.
Tools That Teach the Whole Child
PLAYSTRUCK is helping educators prepare students for an unforeseen future by nurturing the innate multifacetedness of their developing minds.
Products & Experiences
Research-backed play tools that help kids build emotional agility and creative confidence through hands-on learning adventures.
Workshops
Professional development that transforms how teachers facilitate play-based learning with ready-to-use frameworks for any classroom.
Partnerships
Custom collaborations to embed play across your classroom culture: from SEL programs to innovative curriculum design.
The Doodle Challenge
Build Creative Confidence through Play
A research-backed—and fun!—social-emotional learning tool that develops flexible thinking, stress resilience, and communication skills through joyful, creative play. Designed for classrooms, therapy sessions, and family engagement, this award-winning game transforms simple doodles into powerful cognitive workouts.
Why Educators and Therapists Love It
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Strengthen perspective-taking as students interpret each other’s drawings
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Develop emotional regulation through low-pressure creative expression
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Build verbal and nonverbal communication simultaneously
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Foster social connection through shared laughter and discovery​
Hack Like a Hero™: Heroes in Training
Every Student Has a Superpower
A love for drawing, a knack for storytelling, a passion for organizing—in Heroes in Training, these are all superpowers. Our platform is designed to help students in grades 4-8 identify their unique strengths and passions and show them how to apply them to real-world challenges. We provide a supportive space where students learn to combine their skills, turning their interests into an unstoppable force, all while making them feel heroic.
Transformative Applications
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Classrooms: enhance project-based learning with emotional intelligence components.
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Youth programs: build leadership skills through community impact missions.
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Therapeutic settings: provide safe places for trauma-informed skill building.
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Products & Experiences
Workshops
Partnerships
Professional development that transforms how teachers facilitate play-based learning with ready-to-use frameworks for any classroom.
Custom collaborations to embed play across your classroom culture: from SEL programs to innovative curriculum design.
For Every Educator that Believes in More
Whether you teach in a bustling public school or guide a homeschool collective, whether your students are ahead, behind, or simply march to rhythms the system doesn’t measure yet, we create tools that meet children where they are and elevate what they bring.
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For Every Learning Environment
Public and private schools
Charter and alternative learning communities
After-school programs and enrichment clubs
Homeschool co-ops and networks
Youth leadership organizations​
Let’s Reimagine Learning Together
Bring PLAYSTRUCK’s solutions to your school, homeschool group, or youth program.
Big Ideas
Uncover more playful insights in our blog.
