At a time when adult education is being digitized at breakneck speed, a counter-trend is asserting itself: that of a return to the body, to materiality and to objects as living supports for learning.

Sometimes a spoon is just a spoon. By Joshua David Stein Joshua David Stein’s children’s books include “Lunch From Home,” “What’s Cooking?” and “Solitary Animals.” The spoon’s best-known role in the ...