'the construction site'

Quincy is in charge. This is mostly him dictating to the others....

"Off to the construction site!! Let's go guys! We need gloves! ....'I don't want gloves' says someone else....You need them! It's messy work! Look at this construction site hammer! Is this loud work or what? YOU!!, Hayden, take this...we're building up the bridge. No Jacob....this is the part where you don't have to have these anymore. Let's get a move-on guys!! Everyone grab some of those!! We need to stabilizer it!! Hey, this isn't a jungle gym!! It's a Bridge!!"

I love that he needed to stabilizer it :) and he did. and they walked back and forth on that bridge...broke it down...and built it back up, all morning. Such builders they are.

Blocks.....

We are sooooo into blocks right now. All the kiddos love to build and create their own little fortresses....I added bristle blocks and they were building ships and trucks for the little people (they fit perfectly inside the little squares) and this week I added the race track...or ramps....and some soft blocks. Sometimes I laugh at the fact that we spend a good deal of time on this blue rug building, and sometimes it gets soooo crowded, but they all adjust and are learning everyday how to get along and deal with disapointments (as in someone knocking down your tower!!)

Learning: spacial awareness....eye hand coordination...cooperation....patience....how to use our words....different ways of getting what we want....how high our body can build and figuring out what to do if we want to make it way taller than we are....

Trains and ramps.....and walls....and hills....and gravity.... Hey!!! Yours is almost as tall as mine!.....mine is taller than yours.....yours is all squiggly....I have been to classes where they say the girls play with dolls and the boys play with blocks...not here...we all play with everything. The girls love to build and the boys love to cook and play with baby dolls. It's very well rounded!I love little people!!......Even the babies are trying to figure out what fits and what doesn't.....AND...they are playing togethere, sort of :)))

This is a video from Bev Bos....

We have some blocks similar to these in our block area. This is a great video showing the progression and learning going on while building.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZaK6D96oQg

Around the room...

"Jesse always plays with me. I am making dinner. Jesse is getting out the stuff. We are making soup with chicken and noodles. I was cooking and it was almost ready and then it dinged. Jesse is sooo cute and we always pretend to get married. We do that always when we see each other because we love each other."
"The cars are going down. Cars go way up high. Cars go way up to the roof. "

Dawson is adding candles to the cakes and Bryan and Kamil are looking at books. We are getting ready for circle time.....