Meet Ruth Moyler and her extended family who all live in and around London, UK.. Although Interplaylands was officially registered in 2011 it’s beginnings occured much earlier.
PlayFul Learning Pathway to Healing
Interplaylands is a creative, trauma-informed, play-based approach to helping children learn, heal and thrive. Developed by experienced educator Ruth Moyler, Interplaylands supports literacy, emotional wellbeing and inclusive storytelling through joyful play.
Meet Ruth Moyler
Ruth Moyler is an innovative Early Years educator with over 25 years of classroom experience.
Her unique ability to combine creative arts, literacy development and emotional support can transform the way children engage with learning.
Ruth continues to run courses as part of the Linden Learning Early Years consortium, also working directly with schools as a ‘Courageous Creativity’ Consultant.
Since 2024, Ruth has been offering 1:1 therapeutic play sessions for neurodiverse children through the mutual making of bespoke Interplaylands.
what is interplaylands
“Interplaylands are four-scene storytelling worlds made from wood board. Children build these spaces with adult guidance, using scrap materials and imagination. With their own ‘Mini-Me’ figures, children explore real-life and fantasy situations — learning to read, process trauma, and express emotions along the way.”
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how it works
- Ruth will work with you to identify 4 important life scenes
- The child (or adult) will help design the four life-inspired scenes
- Ruth creates “mini-me” figures that are of familiar people in their lives
- Then play begins, sharing stories and talking through the scenes
The vision & values of interplaylands
• Every child is creative
• Play is a powerful language
• Trauma-informed practice changes lives
• Learning is storytelling
a brief history
Since 2020, Ruth has continued to develop Interplaylands as a positive, playful resource for children and families to develop oracy through storytelling, with mini versions making them more affordable for classroom use. Over recent years, Interplaylands has evolved into a culturally transferable and powerful therapeutic resource, with two classroom-size units currently in use in Kampala, Uganda. Now semi-retired, Ruth continues her groundbreaking work beyond the UK curriculum, training teachers in partnership with CRANE, Viva, and other global organizations, demonstrating that ‘courageous creativity’ transcends cultural boundaries. Her ‘Fabulous Phonics’ curriculum, which includes books, music, and songs, is about to be introduced in Uganda with potential for global reach in English language teaching.
The Interplaylands
Timeline
2011
2007
In 2007 Ruth’s then 17 year old daughter Beth, created a piece called ‘the imagination station’ for her final piece at Brit school. In 2008 Ruth was gifted it by her daughter and took it into the classroom.
2012
After a redesign specifically for early years, along with the development of a complimentary phonics resource, Ruth became a Senior Leader of Education (SLE) in 2012 and began sharing what was happening through this resource with other London schools and the Fabulous phonics/ Interplayland good practise spread.
2020
Since 2020, Ruth has continued to develop Interplaylands as a positive, playful resource for children and families to develop oracy through storytelling, with mini versions making them more affordable for classroom use. Over recent years, Interplaylands has evolved into a culturally transferable and powerful therapeutic resource, with two classroom-size units currently in use in Kampala, Uganda. Now semi-retired, Ruth continues her groundbreaking work beyond the UK curriculum, training teachers in partnership with CRANE, Viva, and other global organizations, demonstrating that ‘courageous creativity’ transcends cultural boundaries. Her ‘Fabulous Phonics’ curriculum, which includes books, music, and songs, is about to be introduced in Uganda with potential for global reach in English language teaching.
Fabulous Phonics
with Interplaylands
Learning through storytelling
“Fabulous Phonics is a multisensory, trauma-sensitive English learning programme designed to bring phonics to life through songs, stories, and recycled materials. It complements Interplaylands by turning phonics into personal, joyful storytelling.”
Key features
Logical phonetic sequence
Child participation & oracy
Sensory learning
Creative storytelling & play
Music and art integration
Use cases
Early Years and Primary literacy
Refugees, displaced and non-literate learners
Children with trauma, disabilities, or learning delays
Recycling &
Research
Green Studios
One of the joys of the Interplaylands design is that you don’t necessarily need expensive wood versions or heaps of money to spend on plush interiors! Having worked in schools to develop ‘Green Studio’s’, Ruth Moyler is practised at using every day throw away items to help children create wonderful fun things at very little cost. Children are fantastic innovators and come up with the most curious inventions. With a little help from a trusted grown up – their imaginations can run freely and their visions come to fruition.
research
There is ongoing research happening regarding the use of Interplaylands in the following fields:
1. Counselling situations and as a therapeutic resource to unravel trauma and past hurts.
2. Family therapy – to aid listening and connection.
3. Old people’s homes to trigger good memories and connect past with present.
4. Faith formation – helping spiritual connection and learning through play.
5. Grandparents connecting generations through play and the building of family
heirlooms and keepsakes telling the unique family story.
6. Building Interplaylands from recycled materials (see below)
Create your own imaginary world using card and recyclable materials.
Get in touch with us
Call or send us a message if you are interested in knowing more about Interplaylands in the educational setting or if you are interested in creating your own Interplaylands for use with children or grandchildren and would like to connect with a support group of others doing the same.
To make a purchase
Contact Ruth directly here to arrange payment and delivery (If you are in the UK) You can purchase a wooden flatpack laser-cut Interplayland kit complete with 10 mini-me’s * and assembly instructions @ £120 (Postage and packaging included – UK only)
* additional mini me’s available @ £1 each
Contact Ruth directly here to arrange payment and delivery
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