What you need
In addition to choice from the general resources:
- a selection of fabric
- flags
- flagpoles or sticks
- oars or resources to represent them
Ideas for presentation
- a letter or problem card in the brick area
- recorded on a talking tin or postcard, dictaphone or recordable photograph album
WHAT TO DO
1. Talk about the problem with the children, listening to their suggestions and solutions to the problem or challenge.
2. Talk about the best things to use for a big construction, and what else they need.
3. Let the children decide whether to work alone, in pairs or as a group, and allow time to select from the resources in the construction area or recycled materials.
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