It's learning through play. The games Blue and Steve play with the audience are problems that kids can help solve. Doing so helps them master concepts such as sequencing, matching, colors and shapes. Blue, she said, represents the youngest of the preschool audience. She's pre-verbal but so smart.
Kids know more than they can say.
Instead of adults giving them instructions, here the kids are the smart ones, and Steve is a way for them to have confidence and feel smart. Adapting the TV show into a live theatrical production posed challenges, Santomero said, especially since she and her partners really wanted it to be Broadway for preschoolers. We had many, many meetings. What we came up with was staying true to the way we talk to the kids and focusing on the story and bringing it to its simplest form. She's smaller than Steve but large enough to be seen from the back row.