REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES: The Kids Cottage Preschooler is viewed as capable and competent. Daily experiences and routines values children’s abilities and encourages them to use real life tools and appliances with close educator supervision and guidance. Tools and appliances include kitchen tools, handy tools and gardening tools. The use of real tools in the preschool honours children’s abilities and intelligence and empowers them to view themselves as capable constructors and engineers. The use of real tools naturally leads to real and meaningful experiences in other kinds of study that crosses over into all realms of the educational experience such as in science, nature, construction, engineering, math, language, literacy and writing.