Building With Magnetic Blocks
Learning Goals: Cooperation, Fine Motor, Spatial Sense, Abstract Thinking
- Provide a bin of connecting magnet blocks in an area with space to build.
- Inspire play by encouraging children to explore how the blocks connect to one another.
- Students can work independently or collaboratively to build objects/ structures.
- Play can be extended into inquiry through the exploration of magnets.
- Any type of magnetic blocks
- Optional: Magnetic building surface
- The play is initiated and directed by the students.
- The required materials are previously set up by the educator as a center and during play they act as an observer.
- Students can choose to independently build or build with someone else at the center.
