How many of us have memories like this from our childhood? Moments where we were allowed to just completely explore the world independently. No rules. No thoughts to consequences, just total and complete exploration, investigation, curiosity, imagination, discovery and FUN. I bet if we all really thought about it most of our favorite childhood memories come from these types of experiences. So why has early childhood education removed these types of experiences from young children’s learning? We all know, understand and believe that children learn best through play and yet there still seems to be something missing.