ANNOUNCING A NEW BRIGHT DAY PARTNERSHIP IN LONDON ENGLAND
We love bringing creative play to youngsters – it’s our mission, our job. We know that the more that children play the more they have fun, and develop their cognitive, physical, emotional and social abilities.
Earlier this year we crossed the globe to England to partner with two great play initiatives.
You all are familiar with our collaboration with the renowned Victoria & Albert Museum – the Young V&A. They feature our Bright Day Big Blocks, and are participating with us on our Play Is The Way! documentary film premiering later in 2024 and in 2025.
We are extremely happy to announce a new Big Block Play collaboration with Fantastic Play, in London, England.
Some years back we met Ella McCartney, an artist and educator who has researched the availability of free (no charge), creative, play opportunities for urban children and families. She found local children to have extremely limited avenues of creative expression and it is her mission to help change that dynamic.
Ella’s desire is to help children develop their imaginations by creating pop-up environments for children to practice open-play, the type of free-spirited play without any predetermined outcome.
Ella created what she calls the Fantastic Play Kit, which includes a myriad of loose parts – fabrics, balls, and of course our Bright Day 120 piece set of Big Green Blocks – enough blocks to deeply engage 20 curious children – enabling and developing cognitive functions such as creativity and self-expression – collaboration and communication – critical thinking and problem solving – confidence and self-esteem. Also, physical functions such as strength and stamina – coordination and dexterity – and much more.
We also provided Ella our Big Zoo Animals – elephant, giraffe, the cutest camel and more – what Fun!
Ella loves Bright Day Big Blocks not only because of the creative play they provide – but their large size and scale helps to garner attention, attracting more families and children to her open play spaces when active.
Ella, right now, late summer, is demonstrating the power of her Fantastic Play Kit
in different outdoor public play spaces in and around London. And, as the weather turn chillier she plans to even include the season’s offerings in the play sessions – such as fallen leaves, acorns, and rain – what Fun!
Ella deeply believes in the power of play – she knows plays availability is shrinking for children – she believes creating open, easy access play spaces will help. And we at Bright Day Big Blocks support Ella McCartney 100%.
Congratulations Ella on your Fantastic Play Kit! And Hooray for Play!
About Bright Day Big Blocks
Bright Day Big Blocks is a fun, new and unique play system designed to stimulate creative play. Bright Day offers big soft blocks and designs play space environments that peaks a child’s curiosity, unlocks creativity, inspires collaboration, and builds confidence. These big foam blocks encourage play that builds cognitive, physical, emotional, and social skills important in the development of all children. Bright Day can be found all around the world – in schools and play centers – on playgrounds, in libraries, hospitals, family resort hotels, airports, restaurants, public parks, and camps – anywhere you find children playing. Bright Day Big Blocks is transforming children’s lives through creative play – building stronger brains and bodies and enabling a brighter future for our children.
About Bright Day Foundation
Bright Day Foundation is not-for-profit charitable organization whose mission is to help educators and engaged parents better understand the importance of play and the power of play in a child’s development. And, in gaining an appreciation for the critical nature of play, become an active community advocate for more play!
The Bright Day Foundation advances is mission and goals by:
~ Creating, producing and distributing instructional content for adults – i.e.: our global feature film documentary, PLAY IS THE WAY! https://playistheway.film/
~ Distributing how-to classroom learning aids to teachers – i.e.: our PLAY THEME PROJECT based curriculum https://brightdaybigblocks.com/classroom-curriculum/
~ Donating play-based tools to underserved schools in the USA that inspire play and learning i.e.: our BRIGHT DAY BIG BLOCKS donated via our TITLE-ONE-DERFUL giving
program https://brightdaybigblocks.com/
We are here to help you help your children Play + Learn!