Skip to main content
P4P
  • ABOUT PRESCRIPTION FOR PLAY
    Program Overview Prescription for Play - LEGO The Weitzman Institute
  • RESEARCH AND RESOURCES
    The Power of Play The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bond Sit Down and Play a Preventive Primary Care-Based Program to Enhance Parenting Practices Reading Aloud, Play and Social-Emotional Development Preventing Childhood Toxic Stress A Prescription for Play: Rush Stories Doctors to Prescribe Play with LEGO Sets Promoting Child Development at Sick Child Visits Cognitive and Social Skills to Expect From 18 to 36 Months The Power of Play - How Fun and Games Help Children Thrive Promoting the Health of Missouri’s Children through Advocacy, Education, and Collaboration Sesame Street in Communities Harvard Center on the Developing Child Benefits of Playing with Young Kids and Children - The Balance of Play (thegeniusofplay.org) Rx: Playtime (thegeniusofplay.org) Vroom
  • NEED HELP?
    FAQ How do I place an order Contact Us
  • You are not logged in. (Log in)
  • Home
Logo of Prescription for Play

Prescription for Play

  • Embedding learning through play into pediatric care

    Prescription for Play is a program delivered by primary care providers during routine wellness exams to promote play in children 18-36 months. The program offers free LEGO® DUPLO® bricks for care teams to distribute to these patients and their caregivers. The bricks and related educational material are used as prompts to engage caregivers around the benefits of play for development of emotional, cognitive, creative, social and physical skills.


    Become a Prescription for Play site

    All program materials are free! Your enrollment includes DUPLO bricks, a virtual hub of program resources and trainings, implementation toolkits (manual, sample workflows and scripts), CME credits, technical assistance, enduring educational content and program support.


    If you are a parent, please let your child's provider know to sign up.


    Prescribe play today!

    Create New Account    Existing User Login
  • Learn More About Prescription for Play

    Watch the video below to learn more about participation in the Prescription for Play program.

  • provider
    parent and child
    parent
  • Who are We?

    Prescription for Play is a program managed by the Social Impact and Partnerships department of The LEGO Group, and funded by the LEGO Foundation, for healthcare providers in the U.S. seeing 18-to-36-month-old patients. 

    Prescription for Play is provided to you as a partnership of the Weitzman Institute, the innovation and research arm of Community Health Center, Inc., and the LEGO Foundation. Click here for more resources on the importance of play for holistic child development. Also, suggest to the caregivers of your patients that they visit the site for information on learning through play and sample play activities.


You are not logged in. (Log in)
Moodle logo
  • ABOUT PRESCRIPTION FOR PLAY
    • Program Overview
    • Prescription for Play - LEGO
    • The Weitzman Institute
  • RESEARCH AND RESOURCES
    • The Power of Play
    • The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bond
    • Sit Down and Play a Preventive Primary Care-Based Program to Enhance Parenting Practices
    • Reading Aloud, Play and Social-Emotional Development
    • Preventing Childhood Toxic Stress
    • A Prescription for Play: Rush Stories
    • Doctors to Prescribe Play with LEGO Sets
    • Promoting Child Development at Sick Child Visits
    • Cognitive and Social Skills to Expect From 18 to 36 Months
    • The Power of Play - How Fun and Games Help Children Thrive
    • Promoting the Health of Missouri’s Children through Advocacy, Education, and Collaboration
    • Sesame Street in Communities
    • Harvard Center on the Developing Child
    • Benefits of Playing with Young Kids and Children - The Balance of Play (thegeniusofplay.org)
    • Rx: Playtime (thegeniusofplay.org)
    • Vroom
  • NEED HELP?
    • FAQ
    • How do I place an order
    • Contact Us
Data retention summary
Policies
Privacy Policy
P4P Logo
Lego Logo
Weitzman Logo

The Weitzman Institute
631 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 347-6971