Keyword: Blocks
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Busy with Blocks (audio)
This podcast, based on a blog written by Dr. Rebecca Swartz, discusses what young children learn from block play. To see the main text of the podcast, you can read the original blog post.
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Busy with Blocks
Children learn many things by playing with blocks. Spatial and mathematical thinking are important understandings that children build through block play.
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The Tractor Project: Noisy Neighbors Lead to Investigation
Erin Hamel, Mollie von Kampen, Sara Dolezal, Brianna Kennedy, Ashley McConnell, and Jordyn NikkilaRuth Staples Child Development LaboratoryLincoln, Nebraska The Tractor Project was completed in the younger classroom of the Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The laboratory serves children ages 18 months through 5 years old. This classroom includes children…
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Over Here
This interaction shows young children working together to build a block tower and the teacher providing them with support, both in completing the task and to minimize frustration or conflicts.
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A Big Tower
The video takes place in a toddler room of a university laboratory child care and preschool. Anna (28 months) is building a tower alone with large interlocking blocks. Kenyon (26 months) runs in and knocks over her new tower. Anna takes it in stride, and Kenyon helps her rebuild. He promptly knocks over their new…
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Make Room for Blocks!
Countless toys talk or beep or flash. But don’t forget to make time and room for blocks!