Finally, the students designed their own simulated grocery store. They wanted money and things to sell. And they had to have automatic doors. O'Leary took the students around the school so they could look at the hinges on the doors before designing their own. They think about the parts, and every day it looks different.
Young children learn best through direct experience, combined with role playing.
The children also wanted ID badges with their names, drawings of themselves and job titles. They all wanted to be boss. They have a strong sense of all the different jobs and the different places where different things happen. But some still think you have to bring the cows to the grocery store to get milk. The older, gifted students also are making videos focusing on jobs at the stores.