Children engage in many regular activities and events in their families and communities from meal preparation to caring for others to cultural and religious festivals. Intuitive knowledge may develop through learning that occurs simply through such observation and participation in such activities. This view of learning has been expressed as learning through ‘intent participation … a powerful form of fostering learning’ (Rogoff et al., 2003: 176). Recent studies have explicated the nature of such experiences in culturally diverse communities (e.g. Fleer et al., 2009; Rogoff, 2003) and theo- rised the purposeful nature of children’s observation and participation in social practices and insti- tutional activities, motivated by their desire to become active and effective members of communities and cultures (e.g. Rogoff et al., 2003). Children are often guided by adults during participation in family and community experiences and, both verbally and non-verbally, children inquire into these experiences to make meaning from them.