Play Opportunities for Wellness and Education Resources (P.O.W.E.R.)

Play is critical to children’s social and emotional development and learning – especially in crisis.

The Play Opportunities for Wellness and Education Resource (P.O.W.E.R.) is a collection of 100 gender-responsive play-based learning activities created to support parents, teachers, coaches, social workers and others to promote children's learning and well-being.

The 100 games are available as animated videos and short PDF manuals. They support girls and boys to develop holistic life skills like communication, empathy, creativity and confidence; promote psychosocial well-being; teach children how to process difficult emotions; and show them how to be inclusive of peers of all backgrounds, genders, and abilities.

The games are designed for children of varying ages, and are meant to be played in classrooms, community settings, or at home, with few to no materials required. Each game includes a play-based activity with one key learning, and guidance for how to encourage girls and boys to reflect on what they’ve learned, connect it to their own experiences, and apply it in their lives.

There are also three training videos and handouts to support teachers, coaches and other facilitators to use the P.O.W.E.R. activities to reach different learning objectives in their work with children.

This is the first time that Right To Play has open-sourced its games for broad use. The goal is to support teachers, coaches, parents and educators everywhere to use the power of play to enhance children’s learning and well-being, helping them develop the life skills they need to succeed in today’s world.

The complete collection of games and training videos can be found on YouTube here.