Play-Well Enrichment Programs

Play-Well Enrichment Programs offers LEGO-inspired engineering classes for kids in grades K–8, including Engineering with LEGO enrichment programs, Engineering with LEGO classes, and Play-Well Engineering classes. Core programs for elementary students include Adventures in STEM and STEM Explorations, and the program also offers Summer Camps, After School and Homeschool Classes, and Birthday Parties. Students work individually, in teams, and as a group throughout multi-session courses, using over 20,000 pieces of LEGO, with each meeting starting with a short discussion and demonstration of the day’s topic followed by a design and building assignment, challenges, performance testing, competitions, and project modifications, with all materials provided each week and no LEGO sent home after camp.

• Ages: 5–13 years old
• Schedule: Classes typically meet once per week before or after school for an entire quarter (Fall/Winter/Spring), and session duration is generally 90 minutes.
• Price: Pricing varies based on area, course being offered, number of sessions, etc.

At Play-Well TEKnologies, the stated mission is to provide an environment where students can create without fear of mistakes, explore fundamental STEM concepts through play, and express their creativity in ways they never thought possible. Instructors have varied careers and educational backgrounds, including mechanical engineering, architecture, biology, art, geology, education, and civil engineering. The organization also offers Play-Well At-Home Videos so children can build and learn along with Play-Well instructors anytime and anywhere.

The leadership team includes President Tim Bowen; Vice President of Administration and Human Resources Meredith Bowen; Vice President of Operations Jennifer Gaona; Regional Managers Mike Spee, Michael Beddall, and Tasha Rodriquez; Program Support Director Bill Leavens; Office and Administrative Manager Devon Lee; and Program Managers Nicole Medrano, Francesca Bura, Edie Cormier, Chrissy Close, Jangis Marifet, Phil Wcislo, Mike Spee, Colleen Magill, Kevin Wilmunder, Rich Arum, Ariana Alvez, Hanna James, Nick Yeoman, Abel Brockman, Katie Haberman, Jennifer Gaona, Jaclyn Reid, Felicia Lennon, Josh Spielman, Tasha Rodriguez, Ilana Adler, and Shelby Everhart.

Parent feedback includes comments such as a parent describing an instructor as “a 5-star instructor” who taught, trained, and guided children while they had fun and explored their potential, and another parent noting that instructors were well-organized and fun and that their child returned for a second summer at a Play-Well camp. One parent reported that the Engineering with LEGO class “completely met and exceeded” expectations and described their five-year-old building motorized cars, a double belt and double pulley driven gondola, a belt and pulley driven escalator, and a facsimile of an egg beater at home. Other parents shared that the Play-Well Engineering class gave their child more creative “know-how” and that the class “works with all sorts of kids” who “LOVE the creativity,” with instructors described as “SO cool with the kids.”

Last updated March 19, 2026.