When observing the 3’s at the Children’s School, I noticed that most of the children were more interested in exploring tangible interactions with objects rather than the principles they were trying to show. For example, in order to teach the kids about health and preventing sickness, the teachers had them create paper crafts with a hand holding a tissue. However the kids had more fun waving the hand with the tissue around than anything else from the activity. Also the younger 3’s were learning about transportation and fuel using a balloon-powered rocket on a string. Most of the kids loved watching the rocket go fast, but otherwise would rather play with the string than bother setting up the rocket again. Similarly I noticed that simple objects that connect together or could be stacked or could somehow interact with each other were far more appealing to kids than watching or reading something or interacting with something that they needed an adult’s help with. Something like a set of blocks or legos or even some translucent and solid pieces on an overhead projector in the Makeshop. Any kit of parts project that lets kids put things together and have them directly react with each other the way Legos or giant foam blocks work together allows kids to be creative and tell stories they want to tell (especially the older kids like the K’s and 5-year olds.) That tactile sense of putting things together and creating something to play with or climb on or move around is a very physical reinforcement of that sense of play and that seems to resonate very well with kids, really engaging their creativity rather something that just grabs their attention for a couple of seconds.