Welcome! Are you ready to make dreams come true?​

We’re dedicated to teaching kids how to dream and how to turn those dreams into reality using our formula: Dream it! Map it! Play it! And, to do that, we use traditional pencil-and-paper games and evidence-based activities that teach important concepts, and put them into action right away — because we all know that kids learn by doing — playing!

Have you ever asked yourself…

“What good is school?” Or: “Why bother going to work every day?” or “Why do anything?” Well, here is the answer: So you can live the life of your dreams! And, we’re here to help you create that dream and discover the passion that makes life worth living. When you tap into this passion, suddenly things like school, work and exercise aren’t chores anymore, but the tools to making dreams a reality and building an amazing life. So get ready — with our website and new book as your guide, not even the sky is the limit.

You are born with creative superpowers. You can be or do or have anything. And all you need to make it happen is — Dream it! Map it! Play it!

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How to turn dreams into reality

Step 1 Dream it! Symbolized by the dream cap, thinking hat.

Step 1:
Dream it!

Everything begins with a dream. Take the first step in creating a new reality — dream big! If you could do anything, what would you do? This first step is to find a dream that you are passionate about, something that you would walk to the ends of the earth to accomplish.

Step 2 Map it! Symbolized by the paper hat made from a treasure map.

Step 2:
Map it!

Once you choose a dream and commit to making it happen, now it is time to begin planning your journey. What steps do you need to take to reach your destination? What supplies will you need to bring with you? When will you begin? What will you do in case of bad weather? First, declare your commitment to the world. The more people you inspire, the merrier.

Step 3 Play it! Symbolized by the Jester Hat

Step 3:
Play it!

Once you have mapped (planned) your dream, you just have to do it. Sounds easy, right? The only thing separating you from your dream is participation — taking steps of action, trying and modifying, overcoming physical and emotional obstacles, and remembering to savor the accomplishments every step of the way.

We wrote a book all about Step 1

Dream It! A playbook to spark your awesomeness!

Dream It!

A playbook to spark your awesomeness!

By Scott Stoll, Sara E. Williams PhD and YOU! Published by Magination Press.

Dream It! is an 80-page, full-color workbook — or as we like to call it, a Playbook — to teach kids how to dream, set goals and turn their passion into steps of action. The Playbook is chock full of evidence-based activities, games, and brainstorming questions to help kids (and adults) open the door to a life full of possibilities! With this Playbook as your guide, not even the sky’s the limit.

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Our latest news

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Roadmap

Summer Update: Highlights of all our news, works-in-progress and hints about what’s coming soon.

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2020-08-05
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Dream It! Achieves a Research Publication Milestone

Great news!!! Today is an exciting day for the science of dreaming (goal setting, aspiration, passions). We are proud to announce that our latest dream research study has been published in the peer-reviewed, scientific journal Child & Youth Care Forum.

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2020-07-20

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Our latest stories

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Stories

Falling Uphill: The Secret of Life

This is the true story about a man who bicycles around the world questing for the secret of life. His journey is full of many wonders, but he eventually returns home discouraged—only then does he discover the secret in the last place left to look.

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2019-02-27
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Fluffy Bunny

Read the original, award-winning story by our co-author, Sara, that she wrote when she was in the 4th grade. Reprinted here with an alternative ending and new illustrations by Scott.

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2018-10-15

Dreams from our Instagram feed

To make it easier to share the inspiration, we’re now posting all our dreams on Instagram. Email us your dream and we’ll post it for you. Or, tag your dream #dreamaplay on Instagram or Facebook.

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How to use this website

  1. Learn how to turn dreams into reality using our 3-step formula.
    • First, learn how to dream. (Get the step-by-step process with our new book — Dream it!)
    • Second, learn how to map it! (Plan your dream. We’re working on the sequel now!)
    • Third, learn how to play it! (Do your dream and overcome obstacles.)
    • Learn the whole process with our new Dream Workshop.
  2. Get inspiration and take action.
  3. Join our community to help each other along the way.

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