March 4, 2025
How to Integrate Play-Based Learning Into Your Teaching (Bo Stjerne Thomsen)
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 Foundation - Learning Through Play
Music - Aylex