Help children thrive with Playball & Science Week!
Discover how science-backed movement builds wellbeing, resilience, and lifelong learning skills.
Science Week celebrates the role of science in everyday wellbeing, and Playball delivers this “science in action” by helping children flourish—physically, emotionally, and cognitively—through purposeful play and movement. This synergy shows that wellbeing through movement is not just fun, but also backed by solid scientific evidence and a key theme of Science Week initiatives.
How Play Sparks Early STEM Skills
National Science Week is a chance to showcase how science, technology, and innovation improve our lives—including the science of movement for child development. Playball connects naturally to Science Week by showing children, parents, and educators how active play boosts wellbeing, school readiness, and lifelong skills.
- Movement builds strong foundations for child wellbeing – Research shows that regular physical activity strengthens bones, muscles, and cardiovascular fitness while supporting emotional regulation, social confidence, brain development, and focus.
- Science Week events often highlight health through movement – Many activities explore the science behind exercise, healthy habits, and active lifestyles, which aligns perfectly with Playball’s mission to promote joyful, structured movement for young children.
- Playball turns science into action – Children in Playball sessions discover, through play, how movement sparks learning, builds resilience, and improves social skills—bringing scientific principles to life.
- Active play as early science learning – Skills like running, jumping, balancing, and problem-solving help children experiment with cause and effect, motion, and coordination, laying a foundation for STEM thinking.
By linking Science Week to programs like Playball, schools, centres, and families can highlight the science-backed benefits of movement for children’s wellbeing, resilience, and readiness for learning—making active play as essential to education as reading and mathematics.
Always Learning,
Tammy Ceppi – Founder & CEO Playball Australia
