One morning, a class of 3 year olds read A Box Can Be Many Things by Dana Meachen Rau with their teacher. Afterwards, the teacher asked the children, if they had a box what would they do with it? One child said it could be a bed and another suggested that it could be a car. The following day, the teachers presented the children with a selection of boxes, asked the children to choose one and then make it something. Additional construction items were available for these creations including a variety of art materials and fasteners. Some children chose to do the activity more than once. One boy selected a small box. He placed his beloved unicorn inside and called it a “Home.” On another day, he
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