West Valley Director Stephane Plancke wanted to hold a little playground experiment.  About a month ago, he took random pieces of PVC pipe, sanded down the edges to make sure they were not rough and hid the unattractive pipe pieces a little everywhere on the pre-school playground. No instructions were given... When it was time for recess, the little ones ran out and started finding the intruders… it was like pirates finding buried treasure.  They flocked… discovered, used their imagination and had a wonderful recess...  the pipes were taken away after recess before children had time to discover their other potential use... big stick!  The 2 minute video below relives the magical break time.

We spend thousands of dollars on expensive toys and playground structures and watched in amazement as the children were entranced with $6.50 of black PVC…  are any parents thinking of babies and wrapping paper?...

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