# Spoon of Sugar

> Spoon of Sugar is a non-profit that designs playful, hands-on science experiences: interactive exhibits for museums, science centres and companies, plus consulting (play audits, co-design sprints, concept development) for learning spaces that already exist. Its method is called Play 4 Education. Contact: info@spoonofsugar.org

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## Pages

- [Home](https://www.spoonofsugar.org/#home): mission, the screen-time problem, the Play 4 Education method in brief, who they work with
- [Our approach](https://www.spoonofsugar.org/#approach): the four Play 4 Education pillars with evidence strength and research sources
- [Partners & museums](https://www.spoonofsugar.org/#partners): what museums, science centres and companies can commission
- [Invest & fund](https://www.spoonofsugar.org/#invest): the opportunity, the funding model and ways to get involved
- [Impact](https://www.spoonofsugar.org/#impact): theory of change, outcome measures per pillar, evaluation plan
- [About](https://www.spoonofsugar.org/#about): who they are and what they value
- [Contact](https://www.spoonofsugar.org/#contact): info@spoonofsugar.org
- [Imprint](https://www.spoonofsugar.org/#imprint): legal notice of Spoon of Sugar gGmbH, Köln

## Key facts

- Organisation type: non-profit
- Team: experience designers and creative technologists, working with a network of creative tech studios and partners
- Audiences: museums and science centres, companies, investors and funders, researchers
- Services:
  - Build: interactive exhibits from concept to opening day, each designed from day one to travel or go digital
  - Consult: workshops, play audits, visitor testing and impact measurement, planned for the biggest reach per budget spend, including pop-up and travelling modules
- Built to scale: every exhibit is designed from day one to travel or go digital, so its impact reaches schools, kids clubs and community spaces beyond opening day
- Currently seeking: funders (philanthropic, grant or impact), partner commissions, introductions, and one learning-sciences or developmental-psychology researcher to co-design their evaluation

## Play 4 Education

1. Play captures (strong evidence): hands-on, informal settings build science interest beyond what school alone does. Sources: NRC 2009; Falk et al. 2016; NASEM 2026.
2. Play embodies (strong evidence): kids learn best exploring with hands and bodies, not passive viewing. Sources: Kontra et al. 2015; Skene et al. 2022 (meta-analysis).
3. Play connects (working hypothesis): families and friends learn together through play; under active testing. Sources: Pagano et al. 2019; Reimer & Moreno 2024; Kanhadilok & Watts 2014.
4. Play stays (direct evidence): game-based exhibits produce measurable knowledge gains that last. Sources: Hu et al. 2022 (meta-analysis); Pagano et al. 2024; Rowe et al. 2017.

Ultimate impact goal: a more varied, curious, psychologically rich life for kids and families, measured with items from the Psychological Richness Scale (Oishi et al., 2019).

## Optional

- [Privacy policy](https://www.spoonofsugar.org/privacy-policy)