A child heard a rain stick during the warming up for our activity and immediately said: “I want to make one of those!”

Paper rolls appeared, and questions followed.

What could go inside? What could become a lid? How can we make it stay?

An educator found rice, and the child decorated, constructed, filled, and sealed.

The listening-drawing activity had quietly become a way of inventing, material investigation, and gradually, an instrument for this child.

The curriculum changed because a child had the confidence to continually compile materials for their grand idea, and to make it come to life!