The children are intrigued by these invitation, and it's only a matter of minutes before they find themselves engaged in a new world of possibilities.

~ Rachelle Doorley

Rachelle Doorley Education Invitation Making Tinkering

If you tell somebody something, you've forever robbed them of the opportunity to discover it for themselves.

~ Curt Gabrielson

Curt Gabrielson Constructivism Discovery Inquiry Learning Tinkering

From the dawn of time, whenever humanity has wanted to know more, we have achieved it most effectively not by removing ourselves from the world to ponder and theorize, but rather by getting our hands dirty and making careful observations of real stuff. In short, we have learned primarily by tinkering.

~ Curt Gabrielson

Curt Gabrielson Discovery History Learning Tinkering

The thing itself, the first thing, will never do us alone, we must be elaborating, improving, poeticising.

~ Sebastian Barry

Sebastian Barry Acceptance Changing Denial Meddling Restlessness Tinkering

A creative invitation is a combination of materials and context that intrigue children with a suggestion of play.

~ Rachelle Doorley

Rachelle Doorley Invitation Makered Making Play Tinkering