blocks: a school hallway takeover

Today was one of those days when the morning's plans went right out the window.

In such a good way.

I always have some activities set out on our tables and carpets for the kidlets to do when they come in first thing in the morning.  This morning I put out some unifix cubes,  some blocks made out of sponges and the wooden tree blocks (as well as some other activities) on our carpet.

The kids love to measure themselves with the unifix cubes.  So they did.  Then a small group decided to put all the unifix cubes together.  So they did.  The "road" went out the door.

Then they added the sponge blocks.  That got to the end of the little hallway outside our room.

The only logical thing, was to get the tree blocks and turn the corner.

A note was made and attached to a basket asking people to be "crfl".  Everyone was very "crfl" - the older students moving from room to room were very kind to the kidlets and their hall take-over.

At this point, making block roads turned into a class mission; they were going to take over the building!

Down the long hallway.

at a crossroads - take both roads

under the table

I loved the little unexpected touches along the way.

 baskets can work as blocks

 pvc pipes and the car mats were called into service

 And that got us to the front door and the end of our mission.

The kids 

all worked together, 

respecting each other's work,

using language, 

planning, 

sharing ideas, 

solving problems 

and having a lot of fun.  

And clean up was as purposeful and co-operative as the creation of the project.

A brilliant morning, where I stepped back, recorded their work and admired their learning.