A House of Bricks

Cruze had been very busy in the sandpit making sand bricks and then using more sand in between to join them together. He was using one of the smoothing trowels, just like a real brick layer. Ashleigh remembered that someone was giving away bricks and so made a phone call to see if she could collect them. Sure enough, the bricks were still available so Ashleigh brought them back to Kindy. The tamariki walked to the shop to buy a bag of cement and once back at Kindy, got to work at mixing in the water. Lots of problem solving and mahi tahi/working together happened as the tamariki discussed how to construct a house of bricks. Carefully applying the wet cement between the bricks required striving for accuracy and lots of perseverance, two excellent Habits of Mind to develop. 

Teachers are driven by children's interests and this was no exception as one child's experience in the sandpit then lead to a fantastic learning opportunity for all the tamariki innvolved.