LEGO® Six Bricks® rethinks promoting 21st-century wellness skills for teaching and learning in children

Abstract

Peer-review declarationThe publisher (AOSIS) endorses the South African 'National Scholarly Book Publishers Forum Best Practice for Peer-Review of Scholarly Books'. The book proposal form was evaluated by our Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and Business Management editorial board. The manuscript underwent an evaluation to compare the level of originality with other published works and was subjected to rigorous two-step peer-review before publication by two technical expert reviewers who did not include the volume editor(s) and were independent of the volume editor(s), with the identities of the reviewers not revealed to the editor(s) or author(s). The reviewers were independent of the publisher, editor(s) and author(s). The publisher shared feedback on the similarity report and the reviewers' inputs with the manuscript's editor(s) or author(s) to improve the manuscript. Where the reviewers recommended revisions and improvements, the editor(s) or author(s) responded adequately to such recommendations. The reviewers commented positively on the scholarly merits of the manuscript and recommended that the book be published.v Research justificationThis manuscript will inform the reader about the journey the Six Bricks® initiative took from being 'born' and 'developed' in South Africa to being exported and landing on the shores of various other countries. The Six Bricks® initiative is a teaching and learning method that encourages focused engagement in the classroom by all learners, from the Foundation Phase to adults. By using these six simple, colourful DUPLO® bricks, an element of play is introduced into a situation that inevitably leads to all individuals focusing and interacting. This is one of the major contributions to all teaching and learning (educational and wellness) disciplines and promoting the audience to learn with enjoyment, enthusiasm and concentration is a magical way to continue within the 21st century. Along with this, communication is promoted, sparking unimaginable creativity and creation. This situation enables all participants to concretely create their ideas, while solving problems and having the opportunity to build and rebuild ideas without being reminded of what works, what does not and what is right or wrong. In short, all 21st-century soft skills are vitally required. This new world provides opportunities for everyone to communicate, build self-confidence and ultimately be free to explore.