{"id":28152,"date":"2024-09-06T18:44:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T18:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=28152"},"modified":"2024-09-06T12:45:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T12:45:35","slug":"block-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2024\/09\/06\/block-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Block play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the beginning of the new term the boys and girls have been exploring the block area, so far we have added farm animals which we have created pens for then we were able to sort using different criteria for example how any have four legs? How many have feathers? During this play the children have been developing socially and emotionally, this form of play supports language development as children describe their processes and narrate their play, as well as developing emergent\u00a0writing skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe need a barn, cows live in a barn\u201d so we went into the studio and set to work painting and decorating our barn.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cCan we have dinosaurs?\u201d So out came the dinosaurs which have been a great success developing even more language and imagination, we are learning about the different types of dinosaurs and using the iPad to look up the names of the ones we don\u2019t know we are learning that some are carnivores, some are herbivores and some are omnivores.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cMy dinosaur is in the cage\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dDinosaurs live in the forest \u201c<\/p>\n

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The children used the blocks to make a \u201cramp to get into the cave\u201d and a \u201cdinosaur castle\u201d.<\/p>\n

I wonder what we will explore next week?<\/p>\n

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