Two-year-old Levi was excited to show off his little bucket of rocks at the Inspire Early Education school in Lake St. Louis.

“I got some rocks!” he said as he showed off the collection compiled in a tiny gray bucket to School Director Addison Baker. The pebbles clacked together loudly as he and several other kids shook their buckets on the playground.

“Can I have one, Levi?” said another toddler.

Levi didn’t answer and walked away as his attention was drawn elsewhere in true toddler fashion.

“They’re all about sensory at this age for sure,” Baker said. “We’ve added a lot of outdoor sensory activities to enhance their learning.”

Lacretia Wimbley / St. Louis Public Radio

Lacretia Wimbley / St. Louis Public Radio

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