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Provide children with any of the below tools:
Blocks
Legos
Popsicle/tongue depressors
Toothpicks
Paper tubes
Playdough
Straws
Paper
Cotton balls
Marshmallows
Cups
Give children a challenge of something to build using the items you provide.
Use your materials to build:
- the longest structure you can
- the tallest structure you can
- a structure that can be used as a shelter
- a structures that could be used for transportation
- a structure that is as wide as is tall
- a structure that a ball can roll through or on
- a structure that can be used as a shelter for an animal
- a structure that could be used for transportation on water
- a model of something that can fly
- an animal
- a place to play sports
- model of something that can grow
- a bridge
- something associated with your letter of the week, science, or social studies theme
- the ideas are endless
Provide a picture of a famous monument and the students use their supplies to try and build it.
Monument Ideas:
- Statue of Liberty
- Great Wall of China
- The Great Pyramid
- Eiffel Tower
- Coliseum
- Big Ben
- Taj Mahal
- Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Arc de Triomphe
- Stonehenge
- Acropolis
- A local site or building
HAVE FUN!!!