Unit Blocks

Revised 3-13-14

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243 - Block Play Promotes Development

• Negotiate, exchange & respect ideas . . .

• Strength, hand-eye coordination . . .

• Logical thinking . . .

• Vocabulary, writing . . .

244 - Curriculum Objectives

• #4 - Stand up for rights

• #5 - Demonstrates self-direction

• #21 – Uses tools for writing and drawing

• “I don’t like it when you knock down my blocks.”

• Looks at a picture of a bridge and begins to construct one.

Draws a picture of completed structure

Make a Person Fill a Letter

Balancing

Zoo, People, Signs, Parking Lot

Shorter Taller

Patterning

Jumping Over

A Family’s House

Photos for Inspiration

Homes in a Neighborhood

Picnic Bench in a Park

Playground in a Park

Tall Buildings

Tall Buildings

Tall Buildings

Use of Content Vocabulary

• “If a child is given a picture . . . he/she can use abstract thinking to interpret what to construct.”

• “The children practice visual discrimination of structure when manipulating the unit blocks.”

Empire State Building & King Kong

BridgeRoad Under Bridge

Crossing Guard/Pedestrian Paved Road

Farm

Barn, Animals, and Farmer Silo, Stable & Horses

Concepts

• The children have to balance the quadruple unit blocks so that the quarter circles don’t fall off the silo.

• The children can stack two triangles on top of the basic unit blocks to make the top of the barn.

Home to School

Bus Going to School Passing a Car Wash & Gas Station

Arriving at Preschool

Main Entrance Parking & Handicapped

Concepts

• Size Comparison – When certain blocks run out, the child can learn how to problem solve.

• Position Words – “The gas station is next to the car wash.”

• Shapes – The majority of the structure is made up of unit block rectangles. We can point out the house is the shape of a cube.

Castle

Train Station

Tunnel Train Over Bridge

Chicago Skyline

Skate Park

Bunk Beds with Ladder

Ladder - Pillars with Craft Sticks

Bridge & Ramp

Bridge Over Water

City & Homes

Neighborhood, Intersection

Zoo

Assignment

Build a Structure

Take a Photo

What Concepts will Children Learn?Include Content Vocabulary