The Things Lab Playbook

(New Edition)

This is the version I always hoped to make.

After the first print run sold out quickly, I pressed pause, not to rush a reprint, but to listen. Over the past months, I gathered thoughtful, practical, and sometimes passionate feedback from educators and facilitators around the world and used it to refine, reorganise, and strengthen the book you now hold (or are about to hold).

This second print run includes:

• clearer structure and flow

• small but powerful organisational changes

• added details, examples, and guidance inspired directly by real-world use

• refinements shaped by educators actually working with children, students, teams, and communities

I’ve heard from early childhood educators, play therapists, school-age teachers, school directors, counsellors, play workers, university lecturers, professors, and leaders in higher education. Different ages, cultures, systems, and learning needs, yet the same message kept coming back:

“This method works, and it’s become something

we use and revisit in our daily practice.”

—Early Years Educator

The Things Lab Book is a hands-on, deeply practical guide to designing playful, meaningful learning environments using found objects and simple materials. It helps you spark curiosity, creativity, connection, and critical thinking without expensive resources, rigid methods, or one-size-fits-all solutions.

This version also includes:

• an official ISBN number

• preparation for global bookstore availability in Spring

• improved usability for educators, instructors, counsellors, and facilitators worldwide