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Extending Block Play
September 4, 2013
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
-Maya Angelou
-Maya Angelou
"With full-size materials children build spaces they can live in, indoors or out. Large hollow wooden blocks — expensive and worth the investment — are the most durable and versatile material. They can be combined in many ways to create houses, sidewalks, walls, and trains....
"Blocks can be extended with a variety of less expensive and free materials — boards, crates, large pieces of cardboard, sheets, and blankets (for roofs and doors). Loose parts enable children to become inventors and problem solvers: If there isn't enough room on our bus, how can we make it bigger? If I want my little house all to myself this morning, what can you use to build a little house on your own? The availability of enough loose parts helps adults manage conflicts between children by suggesting new ideas for their play."
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Displaying All 2 CommentsOMEP-USA
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Thanks for highlighting the Exchange Essentials package on "Block Play." I am always amazed at the number of child care programs - centers and homes - that have no unit blocks at all and only a few of any kind at all. Who is educating our ECE program staff members from director to assistant teacher to miss such a vital component of quality early childhood education? If you support ECE, donate an adequate set of blocks and the cabinet to hold them to a local ECE program--today!
Hartsville, SC, United States
I think that extended block time with large blocks is a great way to open up children's imagination and allow them to explore the world around them.
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