Design for Play

We observed from our conversations that play happens on its own; there need not be any time or limit in which it happens.

We understood the idea of play further by learning about the types and characteristics of play.

We realized that often we decide what games children should play, and how they should play. Over here we decided to allow these children to play these games the way they want to, by providing minimal instructions.

The use of hidden concepts helped us broaden our ways of looking at the game and the concept itself. For example, for mental strength we would always talk about how puzzles are the only way to strengthen a person’s mental strength, but in this module we realized a lot of physical activity can also help to develop perseverance.