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Play with Purpose: The Educational Vision Behind Tiny Town

Where Curiosity, Creativity, and Community Meet

Tiny Town Solano isn’t just a play space, it’s a Living Learning Lab built on the belief that every child learns best when they’re free to explore, experiment, and engage.

Grounded in our Three E’s Framework 
🔎 Exploration, 🧪 Experimentation, and 🤝 Engagement 
each area of Tiny Town is designed to meet children where they are developmentally, while gently guiding them toward the next stage of growth.

We draw from the latest research in developmental psychology, early childhood education, and experiential learning, making this a space where children can:

  • Role-play real-world scenarios

  • Experiment through trial and error

  • Collaborate, problem-solve, and build emotional intelligence

The Three E’s Framework

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Exploration

Children are encouraged to roam, observe, and interact freely with their environment. Whether they’re shopping in the market or taking care of pets in the vet zone, they’re discovering new ideas and possibilities through self-directed play.
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Experimentation

Every zone offers open-ended materials and roleplay opportunities that spark trial and error. Whether building with blocks, creating inventions in the Maker Lab, or navigating traffic in the car zone, children learn through doing and redoing.

Engagement

We intentionally design for connection — child to environment, child to peer, and child to adult. Our model supports communication, emotional intelligence, and cooperative learning in every play scenario.

Why It Matters

This isn’t passive entertainment. It’s active learning, rooted in:

  • Constructivist educational theory

  • Developmental psychology

  • Real-world readiness

Here, play is not a break from learning — play is the learning.

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Our Value

Learning Through Zones

Each zone is a micro-lab of its own — inviting children to learn through hands-on discovery. Here are examples of some of Tiny Towns Zones

Market + Café (Socio-Emotional + Math)

Children practice social interaction, early numeracy, and executive function as they “shop,” “serve,” and navigate roles of customer and worker.

Maker Lab (STEM + Creative Thinking)

Our open-ended maker space encourages design thinking, engineering basics, and perseverance. It’s not just about creating something, it’s about learning how to think.

Health + Vet Clinic (Empathy + Literacy)

Through role play in our medical zone, kids process fears, express empathy, and build vocabulary related to health, anatomy, and caretaking.

City + Car Zone (Spatial Reasoning + Logic)

Here, kids map roads, test cause and effect, and develop early systems thinking as they navigate traffic setups and build their own urban designs.

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🧪 Learning Lab Design Philosophy

Tiny Town Solano is grounded in key principles of constructivist learning, including:

  • Piagetian developmental theory: Children build knowledge actively, not passively.

  • Vygotsky’s social learning theory: Social interaction fuels cognitive growth.

  • Multiple intelligences: Our zones engage linguistic, kinesthetic, spatial, and interpersonal intelligences simultaneously.

  • Reggio Emilia influence: The environment is a co-teacher — thoughtfully arranged to prompt questions, connections, and dialogue.

  • Montessori method: Emphasizing independence, sensory-rich materials, and real-world tasks, our environment supports purposeful exploration where children take the lead in their own learning journey.
  • The Three E’s (Explore, Experiment, Engage): Children build foundational knowledge by interacting meaningfully with the world around them.
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Psychology + Education Collaboration

We’re currently developing partnerships with local psychologists, educators, and child development professionals to observe, refine, and elevate our model.

This includes:

  • Data collection on how different types of play impact developmental outcomes

  • Workshops for parents and educators on learning through play

  • Pilot programs for small group instruction and family coaching

 

We welcome partnerships with universities, education programs, community orgs, and childhood development researchers.

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