Play Our Part: Advancing Learning through Play in Early Childhood Education

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Play Our Part: Advancing Learning through Play in Early Childhood Education

Welcome to the Play Our Part (PoP) Learning through Play Implementers’ Resource Package!

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The Play Our Part (PoP) Community of Practice, funded by the LEGO Foundation, brings together three implementers innovating early childhood education (ECE) programs—Plan International, VVOB-Education for Development, and Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)—alongside Innovations for Poverty Action’s (IPA) Right-Fit Evidence Unit as the learning partner. Working across Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia, we’ve spent over three years testing, adapting, and refining approaches through a shared learning agenda to strengthen Learning through Play (LtP) initiatives in early childhood classrooms.

Through this journey, we’ve identified what works, what challenges exist, and how to improve LtP implementation. The PoP Resource Package brings together key learnings, practical strategies, and tested tools to support implementers, educators, and LtP designers in embedding play-based learning into ECE systems in like-minded contexts worldwide.

Whether you are already implementing LtP or exploring ways to incorporate it into your programming, this package offers:

  • Actionable insights from real-world implementation across diverse contexts
  • Practical tools for designing and strengthening play-based learning approaches
  • Evidence-based guidance to inform decision-making and program improvement

We invite you to explore these resources and join us in advancing Learning through Play—supporting children with improved opportunities to develop essential skills in joyful, engaging, and meaningful ways.

Our resources include:

  1. Pre-Post Training Tests
  2. Class Observation
  3. Getting Started with Playful Learning
  4. Building Play-Based Learning Capacity among Teachers
  5. Effective Government Engagement Strategies
  6. Early-Stage Program Learning to Improve Learning through Play Pedagogies
  7. Learning Synthesis

Together, let us Play Our Part in creating vibrant, inclusive learning environments where every child has the opportunity to thrive!