A new book, Let’s Play, tasks 100 Swiss designers to play with toy blocks, then photographs the results, looking for trends. It’s a well-documented fact that architects love playing with toy blocks as ...

Pirate ships, bridges, flowers, dinosaurs, cars, castles, trains, tents, campfires, palm trees and house. What do they have in common? A child’s imagination, sparked by block play. With UNICEF support ...

LAS VEGAS -- Tired of playing endless sessions of Spider Solitaire on your laptop? Fear not, weary game enthusiasts. MIT Media Lab alums Jeevan Kalanithi and David Merrill have a solution that blends ...

If you liked to play with LEGOs or Lincoln Logs as a child, you might be a bit put off by all the virtual game play out there. If so, you’ll be happy with the products that Sifteo is making. They’re ...

Parents and researchers have long speculated that play with construction toys might offer a rich environment that would support later learning in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Building Museum in Washington is opening a new hands-on exhibit focused on building blocks and the history of architectural toys. The new installation, “Play, Work, ...

Playing with blocks may help preschoolers develop the kinds of skills that support later learning in science, technology, engineering, and math, according to a new study that examined over a hundred ...

US Synthetic and its founder Louis Pope charged BYU engineering students to improve the home-building process for rural Kenyans. The students first designed a new type of building block that can ...

Play may seem like fun and games, but new research shows that specific kinds of play are actually associated with development of particular cognitive skills. Data from a nationally representative ...