Play Isn’t Fluffy — It’s How Deep Learning Sticks
- Daisy
- Dec 11, 2025
- 1 min read
The profoundly positive impact of creating time for children to play on their learning is not just an airy fairy idealistic idea - it's an observable reality.
Schools adopting even small changes, like changing the furniture to incorporate beanbags and more comfortable seating, note the substantial and immediate improvements. From classrooms of kids struggling with concentration, to calm, focussed and engaged.
It's a myth that more time learning = more effective learning.
Great teachers know this, and great schools support those great teachers in creating an optimum environment for children's wellbeing; because they know that the positive outcomes extend far beyond 'happiness', and result in more meaningful learning and better academic outcomes.
Cultivate will take the approach Tina discusses in the article, and extend it for everybody - because the optimum conditions for learning are the same for children and adults alike: autonomy, competence and relatedness.
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