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By 2050, 825 million children will reach adulthood without the skills required to succeed in the workplace. Enriching education is critical, yet it is not enough.

Let's reimagine our cities and public spaces as playful learning opportunities so that we can better prepare children for success in the 21st century.

This exhibit is built upon the research supported by William Penn Foundation exploring Philadelphia's Playful Learning Landscapes Initiative. A joint project of Temple University's Infant and Child Laboratory, Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network (PLLAN), and the Brookings Institution. Playful Learning Landscapes is a broad umbrella initiative that marries community involvement and learning sciences with placemaking in order to design carefully curated playful experiences in everyday spaces. As it focuses on learning outcomes, particularly for children and families from under-resourced communities, Playful Learning Landscapes offers a new way to involve families in the kinds of experiences that enrich relationships and enhance children's development.

Select Projects

 Playbrary, Free Library of Philadelphia and William Penn Foundation              Urban Thinkscape, William Penn Foundation and KABOOM! Play Everywhere

                                             Supermarket Speak, Temple Infant and Child Lab (initial installation), Too Small to Fail Initiative of the Clinton Foundation, 

                                             and the Kaiser Family Foundation

Acknowledgments 

This exhibition was reimagined and organized by the District Architecture Center for the Sigal Gallery. The exhibition is made possible with generous support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Additional support provided by AIA|DC Sustaining Firm Affiliate Members. 

_{EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA, District Architecture Center 
EXHIBITION DESIGN: Tiffany Mercer-Robbins, radiantHUE®
EXHIBITION AND PROGRAMS COORDINATOR: Molly Ford, District Architecture Center
PRINTING: BluEdge
INSTALLATION: Cross Museum Services}