I was nervous about getting this out so early in the school year. My kids had always loved it, but always needed a lot of help to get it to work right. But I knew that one of my students particularly would love it so I put it out on one of our "blocks" shelves. I had intended on having out for only a day - but ended up leaving it there for 3! The kids did amazingly well. The were very engaged in the whole process of building it and playing with it. There was a lot of parallel play - but also a lot of great cooperative play - with some amazing conversations going on with a lot of negotiating and problem solving. I wish I had a video camera to record it.
I built one to show as an example and then had the other pieces sorted out so they could build their own. It was a great set up - the one built caught their eye and increased their curiosity.
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