Collecting Activities and Educational Processes of Children Children approach the world with curiosity and fascination – often accompanied by a desire to collect certain things. Through these collecting activities, they frequently become experts and actively guide their own learning and educational processes. The illustrated book features 25 portraits of collecting children (aged between 5 and 13 years) along with excerpts and summaries of interviews with them. In-depth texts provide information on the educational value of children's collecting and organizing, as well as meaningful ways to engage with it. These collections make specific forms of world appropriation visible as expressions of children's identity. Discover a world of childlike thinking that illustrates what it means to cultivate interest and engage educationally with a subject area, including children's swap markets, storage places for their collections, and their social networks.