Block Challenge!

Blocks are a great creative tool for open-ended play. 

Kiddos will spend time making castles, houses, roads, furniture...all kinds of things! They try out things like balance and structure, learning and adapting through their own mistakes, developing perseverance and design skills along the way :) 

 Another way to use blocks is to set them up as a solo (or paired) activity to copy a design. Students will use analytical and visual skills in order to choose the blocks that are pictured, and put them together to make a copy of a particular structure.                                                            

Your kiddos will have to accomplish a multi-layered task to do this. It takes analysis, planning, and fine motor skills to accomplish. There are many skills involved - not just how to assemble them and balance them correctly. It also takes focus and patience to recreate even the simplest of these structures.

 

First, make structures - some easy, some harder - and photograph them. Print them out in a large photo format and encase them in a plastic sheet, or share this as an activity on an iPad or other tech. 

Leave a basket of blocks, including the ones they will need and others, nearby and let the building begin! 

Have fun!