Photo A Observation

Photo A is a pitcure of blocks created by one child that enjoys playing by himself most of the school day. He interacts with other people and will talk to his classmates at snack time or when they are all forced to sit together but he is normally on his own. While he was building his building he would look over at what the other students were doing but he never left his area. Over children would come near him and he would kindly say I want to play by myself right now. I asked him if I could take a picture of his blocks and as I was taking a picture of it I asked him what he was making. He told me he was making a house with a garage and he needed to add a door to go in front of his house. His block play promoted cognitive, language and physical

development. He recreated his idea of how a house should be designed, talked about it and used hand eye coordination to add pieces to the building without knocking it down.

Photo B is a picture of blocks created by many students working together. It started with one child going to the blocks right after breakfast and the rest joining in one by one. The four children worked with the blocks really well together they had few disagreements but nothing major that resulted in one of them getting into trouble. The children’s block play promoted language development, physical development, and social emotional development. The children were able to play with one another and build one large piece. They had to be careful to not knock any of the blocks down as they started to add to it. They spoke to another about putting blocks in certain spots and telling each other not to push the building over on purpose.