Structure Building Challenge

During choice time, one of our favourite things to play and explore with are the blocks.  When we first began to build with the blocks, it was very common to hear a big crash! There was a lot of frustration and sad feelings when all that hard work went tumbling to the floor.

One of the first towers built - seconds before it crashed down

We knew we had to do some problem solving and try to figure out how to make a better structure. Our play buddies have been a great inspiration.  The older students modelled how they make strong and elaborate structures.  We watched carefully and practised what we learned.

Then, Ms. Dowd saw a fantastic block structure on Instagram and shared the pictures with everyone in kindergarten.  We asked for the pictures to be printed out so we could try and build it.  Everyone worked very hard to build a similar structure.

It was like a light was turned on!  The structures were staying up!  No More Crashes!!

Since then a Structure Building Challenge has exploded in the room.  Students are working together to create and build interesting and strong structures. Once the structures are complete, we take a pictures and hang it in our  Hall of Fame.  It is so great to see the students problem solving, using their language and social skills as well as their imaginations!

This structure was so elaborate that we had to take a picture from each angle