Welcome to our Block Center

Block building is important to cognitive development. As children experience the world around them, they form pictures in their minds of what they see. Playing with blocks gives them an opportunity to recreate these pictures in concrete form. The ability to create these representations of their experiences is an important skill necessary for abstract thinking. Moreover, because blocks are designed in mathematical units, children playing with them acquire a concrete understanding of concepts essential to logical thinking. They learn about sizes, shapes, numbers, order, area, length, and weight as they select, build, and clean up blocks.

*Objectives for Socio-Emotional Development
   #Share and cooperate with others (trading materials and props and planning joint building projects).
   #Express needs, concerns, and fears in socially acceptable ways (creating a hospital or cave with monsters and playing make believe.

*Objectives for Cognitive Development
   #Develop an understanding of length, height, weight, and area (carrying blocks and using them in constructions).
   #Classify and sort objects by size, shape, and function (placing blocks of the same size together).
   #Organize in a sequence (laying out blocks from short to tall and counting in correct order).

*Objectives for Physical Development
   #Control the placement of objects (under, over, above, below, on top of, and next to when constructing with blocks).
   #Use large and small muscle skills (grasping, lifting, placing, and balancing blocks).


Alyssa, Alison, and Amber build a house.
 


Hagan and Austin build a lego tower.
 


Luke builds a fire truck ramp.
 


Alison builds a lego castle.
 


Luke, Hagan, and Noah work with waffle blocks.
 


Luke, Haylee, Amber, and Taslynn are zookeepers.
 


Courtney, Amber, and Taslynn build a new zoo.


Zachary and Mandy build a cave for bears.