High schoolers learning engineering, technology and robotics skills in Waukee have been working to give young children the same experience they had growing up — playing with a favorite toy. At the Waukee Innovation & Learning Center, groups of high schoolers in the Aspiring Professional Experience program, or APEX, are adapting toys so children with fine motor disabilities can play with them. They're targeting toys for children ages 2- to 5-years-old who may not have the hand or finger dexterity to play with toys as originally manufactured. There are two groups of APEX associates (what the school program calls students) adapting toys — one group for patients at Blank Children's Pediatric Therapy in West Des Moines, and another working on toys brought in by families through the Heartland Area Education Agency. They've completed about 10 toys so far this semester. Tap the link in our bio for more on this story. 📸 : lilyas53 #Waukee #Iowa