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>> Parent We can here so that we could have Jack participate in some studies. The educators
would be running trials and they'd be having an idea of how his brain works.
>>Student Our first game is a game pretending to fold paper
>> Kathy What we're trying to do in this lab is we're trying to learn how play can facilitate
learning for young children.
>>Student What if I fold this one like this.
>> Kathy And we know that folding now might be very important as we kind of call spatial
visualization. And in fact, when you're playing with blocks with your child, your child is
learning the words over and under, it relates to their mathematical skills. We're also looking
at how young children are learning to read.
>>Parent Because I'm a stay at home mom I wanted to dedicate something to the world.
And besides I get the chance to figure out how kids learn just as well.
>> Kathy If we better understand what happens in the minds and brains of young children
when they're 0 - 8, imagine what our teaching can be. That starts right here in the sandbox
of our lab.