The use of play as an instructional tool allows students to learn how to problem solve, share, socialize, and use their creative voices. This grant provides those opportunities for play, and includes pollinator and vegetable gardens, water play, and building and music areas. Students are able to explore, investigate, and approach tasks and experiences with flexibility and imagination. The school anticipates higher levels of growth in the areas of social problem solving, large and fine motor skills, close observation, understanding quantities, estimation, and cause and effect. This grant impacts each of the over 200 students who attend Washington Learning Center each year.