Block Play

Children learn many things from the special blocks that we have at Chrysalis. The blocks are called unit blocks because they are designed to be proportional in size to help children learn maths and other skills. Some of the maths skills they learn are counting, comparison of length and width, names of shapes and how to combine some geometric shapes to make other shapes. They are even learning the basics of addition when they discover that two short blocks will be the same length as the next size block.

Children learn science when they experience gravity as their constructions fall, and they talk about what they are creating and discuss their experiences that they are representing with the blocks. Children develop an understanding of geography as they create maps with the blocks. They acquire an understanding of sequence, an important reading skill, as they retell their experiences with the blocks. Children learn to write as they make signs and as we help them to write stories about what they are building.

Children learn to cooperate and share when they work together with the blocks. They develop problem-solving skills and learn good work habits since they are responsible for picking up when they finish.

While your children will tell you that they are playing, they are actually learning maths, science, and literacy using the blocks.