08/31/2026
Environment teaches before the educator ever says a word.
Scale.
Color.
Movement.
Sound.
Something you’re allowed to touch.
Something you don’t quite understand yet.
And suddenly:
“Wait… how does that work?”
That question is everything.
Spending time with Megan Ramer at the Connecticut Science Center reinforced something I believe strongly:
We can’t manufacture curiosity.
But we can absolutely create conditions that invite it.
And when an environment makes exploration feel irresistible, learning stops feeling like something being delivered to a child.
It becomes something the child begins pursuing themselves.
That transition is powerful.
Because curiosity creates its own momentum.