Both the need to consolidate the North Kansas City School’s Early Childhood Special Education program and growing early childhood offerings in general, led the district to pursue adaptive reuse of an existing Hobby Lobby & Price Chopper. Being such a large scale, the building is broken down into seven different learning communities designed around biophilic themes in nature, ranging from honeycomb, to butterflies. Each community is meant to give learners a smaller cohort to interact and engage with, while also having access to the facility’s many amenities including multipurpose spaces with sensory experiences, expanded outdoor play, pull out spaces for de-escalation and testing, as well as expansive discovery zones for additional indoor play.