Playful Learning Landscapes lies at the intersection of the global cities movement and the movement to optimize early education. New learning models need to embrace a breadth of skills that allow children to succeed in a world of uncertainty. Projections suggest that by 2050 over 825 million children will reach adulthood without the basic skills required to succeed in the workplace. The general response to this inequality has been to enrich education, this is critical, yet – it is not enough. Children spend only 20% of their waking time in school, and learning today occurs in and out of the classroom. What are we doing with the other 80%? Playful Learning Landscapes is one answer to the question: How can we reinvent everyday experiences as fun learning opportunities that organically prompt the kinds of interactions that help children thrive? How can we change the everyday to make it more extraordinary?