After closely observing her children and their current interests and the choices of resources they were selecting from around the room Latisha filled the mini activity table’s containers with…..blocks (before this they had been brimming with slime, water, shredded paper and water beads to name but a few of their previous contents…)
Then she stepped back to observe and reflect upon what they would do next and how they would use them!
The group really enjoyed finding the blocks in the tray and exploring them carefully comparing their different sizes and shapes.
One little one thought of an idea of making her very own farm whereby she had cats and dogs on there too saying, “I love cats and dogs!” She was loving adding all the different blocks one by one and imagining them to be her ‘animals’ and she told Latisha exactly what their names were too!
So much building occurred; but not just of farms; we saw tall towers, houses, airports, a zoo…. These blocks became literally anything our little ones wanted them to be as the only limit was our children’s imaginations!!
The building was also interspersed with an impromptu game of peekaboo, as the actions of one little one when they crouched down to pick up a fallen block led to further crazy fun under the table!!! They all really loved playing peekaboo under the trays with their friends having lots of giggles as they imagined and built away together. It was wonderful to watch them driving their play forwards together.
Collaboration, communication and cooperation continued as our children inspired each other to build and play in the way their hearts’ desired…. 
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