SOAPBOX
What Sticks About Play and Bricks
Every child is a natural-born maker.
Written by Steve Davee 
Illustration by Samantha Lucy
THE YOUNGEST SLOWLY TODDLED OVER TO HER OLDEST SISTER, the equivalent of a quarter of her body weight precariously clutched in her tiny fingers. With a grin, she dropped the muddy brick, narrowly missing their toes. “Oh! Thanks!” the 6-year-old said, tactfully ignoring the near miss, and that the brick came from a previously built section. “Maybe you can find a little bit smaller one, from that pile?” Their parents and I, observing from a distance, exchanged knowing nods. She’s got this.
The oldest resumed, setting ...
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