I genuinely find this to be vital work. For anyone who hasn't worked with kids or education, it's easy to brush off a proposal like this as just 'giving some crayons to children' or something similar, but what you don't realize is how important creativity is to the development of children. The parallel that I like to draw that I think a lot of people in this space will understand easier is math. Kids have to do math throughout the course of their education, and a lot of us that have had that experience grow up, enter the real world, realize we have a calculator in our pocket at all times and ask 'Why did I have to learn all that stuff if I'm never gonna use it?' It's true, most people don't need those formulas, but it's not about memorizing equations. It's about doing the work, which trains your brain to think logically! It's the same thing as going to a gym to train your muscles, math is weight training for logic. Doing creative things, like these kids will do with these versatile tools, not only gives children training to think creatively- a vital skill across many industries- but it trains neuroplasticity, giving children the tools they need to solve problems without relying entirely on previous experience.

I genuinely find this to be vital work. For anyone who hasn't worked with kids or education, it's easy to brush off a proposal like this as just 'giving some crayons to children' or something similar, but what you don't realize is how important creativity is to the development of children. The parallel that I like to draw that I think a lot of people in this space will understand easier is math. Kids have to do math throughout the course of their education, and a lot of us that have had that experience grow up, enter the real world, realize we have a calculator in our pocket at all times and ask 'Why did I have to learn all that stuff if I'm never gonna use it?' It's true, most people don't need those formulas, but it's not about memorizing equations. It's about doing the work, which trains your brain to think logically! It's the same thing as going to a gym to train your muscles, math is weight training for logic. Doing creative things, like these kids will do with these versatile tools, not only gives children training to think creatively- a vital skill across many industries- but it trains neuroplasticity, giving children the tools they need to solve problems without relying entirely on previous experience.