Paul Ramchandani is LEGO Professor of Play in Education, Development and Learning at Cambridge University, UK. He is Director of the PEDAL Research Centre and a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the UK National Health Service. In this conversation, Sarah and Paul discuss some of the latest research about the benefits of play for children and their development, and the growing research base that supports play as a powerful way in which children make sense of their worlds.