Young children suffer when schools make inappropriate academic demands, which create anxious and demoralized young learners who feel disinvested in the learning process. Students' mental and physical health suffer from the stress of academically driven environments, and they lose the opportunity to gain the skills that creative play generates. Many teachers report that on those rare occasions when they give children time for free play, the children do not know what to do. Not only do children suffer; teachers do as well. Constant assessment leaves them little time for creative endeavors or work with individual students. Many experience the stress of knowing the benefits of play yet having to adhere to a curriculum that excludes it. Marina Seevak, who has 25 years of experience in early childhood education, created Beautiful Stuff Treasure Boxes, low-cost tools that are efficient and easy to manage, making it possible to play while staying on schedule. This article describes the boxes and how she was able to get them into early childhood education centers.