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“Learning Materials Workshop Encourages Art of Play”
“Learning comes through play. . . It’s a natural activity for children. Children learn through trial and error and exploration.” Karen Hewitt Karen was recently quoted in an article written about...
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Young Children and Playful Adults? (Children’s toys meet adult furniture)
The spirit of playfulness does not end in childhood – at least for some playful adults. Belinda Lanks blog (Co.Design) featured the Marbelous, by Dutch design couple Ontwerpduo. As a designer of...
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Introducing Coloraturo, Tavolino, and Villetta!
Learning Materials Workshop is very excited to introduce 3 new products to our lineup: Coloraturo, Tavolino, and Villetta. All will be available to ship beginning of September- so place your order...
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Build-O-Rama at Shelburne Museum
Learning Materials Workshop was invited by Shelburne Museum’s Education Department to include our open-ended blocks as part of the Museum’s family program, “Build-O-Rama”. Last Thursday, we packed our...
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Some Thoughts on Play, Color and Architecture
What inspired me to design Coloraturo, my most recent building toy? But first, where did I get the idea for the name? I based the name, Coloraturo. on the Italian word “Coloratura” referring to...
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Melvin the Magical Mixed Media Machine meets STEM
I just came across this amazing video which is described as a “Rube Goldberg machine with a twist.” Be sure and listen to it with your volume turned on as the sound and the visual component...
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Thinking Pink?
A three-year old girl visited my studio office several weeks ago with her mother and grandmother. She spotted one of our “limited editions” of 42 pink (low-intensity red) Colorframes, immediately took...
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Coloraturo Wins Dr. Toy Awards!
Very excited and honored to announce that Learning Materials Workshop has just received Dr. Toy’s “100 Best Products-2011” and “10 Best Creative Products-2011” Awards for our brand new building toy,...
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MacArthur Genius Award Winner talks about the influence of play
Architect Jeanne Gang, best known for her design of Chicago’s Aqua Tower, has just received a $500,000.00, 2011 MacArthur Genius Grant. The Aqua Tower is the tallest building in the world to be...
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Blocks, Loose Parts and the High Line
Carol Levitt's second grade class at the Village Community School used the High Line to study a number of topics this past spring. One element was this structure, which the class constructed as a...
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