As you build any collection, you apply skills in identifying, selecting, discriminating, evaluating, classifying, and arranging items. Those who view collecting as trivial or a waste of time, miss the connections that it has to life skills and occupations. Museums and libraries are collections. Many people make their livelihoods by collecting and disposing items. In fact, all of us go through our lives collecting and discarding things around us.
Some people think that there is no point to collecting but it is very useful.
At this website for kids you can read articles about collecting, find out about other people's collections, register your own collection, and lots more. Pick an adult whose work you are interested in. This person can be a parent, relative, neighbor or a good friend. Then make a collection of everyday things that they use in their work. Imagine how they use each item.