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March 4, 2025 30 mins

How to Teach Using Play Based Learning


In this episode, we chat with Bo Stjerne Thomsen - Director of Education for LEGO Education and former VP with the LEGO Foundation - about how teachers can integrate physical objects (manipulatives) and play-based learning across all content areas.


We also discuss:


What Play Based Learning Is

How it Helps Students Make Meaning and Retain Information

The "Happy Medium" Between Unbounded and Scripted Learning

How LEGO Supports Educators Globally

How We Can Assess Play Based Learning in Our Classrooms


Bo Stjerne Thomsen LinkedIn Page

LEGO Education

LEGO Foundation - Learning Through Play

Music - Aylex

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