Constructing a Road

Today, the students were playing in the block centre.  Someone came up with the idea of building a road.  Other students thought that was a good idea so they got to work.

They worked together to place all of the pieces side by side (this took team work).  The road went all around the building area and the sand table.  When it was complete, the children took turns walking across it and balancing all the way around (gross-motor skills).

They really had to problem solve how to place the pieces so that they went in a straight line.  They also worked hard to figure out how to get them to go around the space (fun learning about spatial awareness).

Friday:

Today, the children built a village!

It started small...

And grew...