NOT A BOX

At the Construction centre we decided to replace the traditional building blocks with boxes of all various shapes, and sizes to see how the children would engage with these materials.  The children and the teachers brought in boxes of all shapes, and sizes to add to our centre.

 

FIRST

The students explored with the boxes by dumping them on the ground

and then finding the "right" type of boxes for their creations.

The students then started to see what they could build with these boxes:

They started stacking...

 

 

 

 

but this structure fell down

They kept changing the size of the boxes they used...

 

 

and built a ROCKETSHIP!

 

 

 

THEN

We read a story to the class to provoke their thinking...

Using this book and others available to them, students began delving deeper into their design process.

 

 

NEXT

Here the students are building the tall building featured in the above book.

 

FINALLY

We are still exploring...