"It's Not A Box"

I have always been in love with the children's book, "It's Not A Box", by Antoinette Portis. It emphasizes the element of creativity and imaginative play. When reading this book with the children that I work with, I picked up on a way to use our creativity and an empty box. Believe it or not but, kids at an early age pick up on everything that is said around them and the kids that I work with always talk about the "puter" and how they need to check "their e-mails." I know that they don't know what e-mails really are yet, (they are three years old) but to encourage their interest in technology we created a mini-computer out of:

Mini Apple Computer

a box
colored construction paper
markers
print out of a keyboard
tape
black chalkboard paint
and a mini-mouse that a friend of mine had

Instructions:

Assemble as you would like.

This was our result. Pictured here is Izzo playing on the "Puter"- she is not quite three yet.