This white paper has been written for a general audience of parents, caregivers and educators in Singapore and it aims to catalyse conversation about how we could enable our children to have more playful everyday lives in our homes, neighbourhoods, schools and communities. The information presented here is a synthesis of literature published across different disciplines such as anthropology, cognitive science, education, philosophy and psychology. The paper highlights the importance of certain types of play experiences that children may be missing out on, and how we could begin to redress this lack of play or playfulness in our society with simple actions.