Great Play’s innovative curriculum is supported by new patent-pending technology that makes it unlike any other kids’ gym. Half a dozen computers control eight projectors, a directional sound system, and over a dozen sensing systems to bring the 3000 sq. ft. space to life.

We call it the Interactive Arena. The kids call it "very cool!" and "a lot of fun!"

 

Every visit to Great Play is unique and exciting.

Our youngest Players run, skip and jump along with Buddy, our lovable animated mascot.

Our older players have fun learning new sport skills with our interactive games (it turns practice into play!).

Making it fun makes it work.  Many motor skills are best learned through extensive repetition of proper form (i.e., “practice, practice, practice!”).  But drills can get boring – kids don’t want to practice, they want to play!  We turn practice into play, using our technology as a giant video game in which the Players are immersed.  The goal is that children learn, without ever knowing they were practicing!

For instance, to practice throwing, Players “break” virtual bottles on a shelf, or throw into an animated scene and watch what happens.

For locomotor development, they chase objects in an imaginary world projected all around. 

During sports activities, the Arena becomes a stadium full of cheering fans rooting the Players on.  For younger Players, we visit Great Play Avenue for riding our "cars" or go to a beach for a dance party.

Players stay engaged and want to keep playing the games – and that is precisely the goal.

The Great Play environment is an engaging, non-competitive, clean and safe space for kids to have fun, explore existing abilities and develop new ones.