Greenwich, CT - The Bruce Museum will debut Imagination Playground blocks at its annual Fall Family Day on Sunday, October 14. Made of a lightweight foam that is non-toxic and microbe resistant, the bright blue blocks come in a variety of shapes that can be creatively lined up, stacked, and connected, inspiring children to design their own imaginary objects and places.
Taking place from 1:00 to 4:00 pm on October 14, the Bruce Museum’s Fall Family Day “Block Party” is free for Bruce members and for visitors with Museum admission. Children ages 2 and up can play with the new Imagination Playground Blocks and create art centered on engineering. The afternoon will also include engineering programs presented by The Children’s Museum of West Hartford. The sessions are best for children ages 7 and older and will be offered on a first-come basis, as space is limited.
The Museum’s new Imagination Playground blocks will also come into play at Design Time, a new program for children ages 2 and up and their caregivers. Design Time is a drop-in program that invites young children to develop spatial reasoning and to get creative with concepts relating to current Museum exhibitions, including ReTooled: Highlights from the Hechinger Collection.
With their uniform color, abstract shapes, and infinite configurations, Imagination Playground blocks encourage spatial learning, social development, movement, and above all, fun. The blocks invite children to engage in open-ended free play while also helping them to begin to develop problem-solving skills and complex thinking.
“With Imagination Playground, kids literally make their own open-ended fun,” says Megan Brown, Manager of Youth & Family Programs. “There's no right or wrong way to play with them.
“Imagination Playground blocks are designed to encourage instant sharing and collaboration,” Brown adds. “That’s also why they’re only available in one color, which facilitates more imaginative play, without any distraction or competition that might arise from having multi-colored toys.”