Indoors
Because constructive play is driven by children’s interactions with their environment (Chaille 2008), changing the environment encourages all sorts of constructive play. Adding new and novel materials to indoor learning centers is one way to increase constructive play indoors; another is to integrate materials across learning centers: the woodwork bench with the art area, the science and block area, the literacy area with the math manipulatives, and so on. Finally, taking materials outside and bringing materials into the classroom from the playground, are additional ways to increase constructive play.