The third annual research symposium at Zakher KG School in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), presented an exciting opportunity for the 33 teachers in the school to present their findings from classroom-based action research conducted within their professional learning communities. In this brief article, one attendee describes an unexpected takeaway from the symposium: a simple reminder of the value of loose parts--open-ended play materials and manipulatives that children can use in a variety of ways--and unstructured play. She describes an unplanned activity with her children, ages 6 and 7, that highlighted how a bag of loose parts offers opportunities to create, invent, innovate, and learn. It sparked curiosity and wonder and prompted sorting and classifying according to materials, size, and number.