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If you have ever wondered how many kinds of houses one can really make with those building blocks it’s time you see our 2 year olds in action.
We presented children with blocks during ship time and they immediately started making houses. One of the 2 year olds who loves blocks during ship time and is an expert in making different patterns with blocks, joined all the blocks one by one and named it “houshie”.
When challenged to try a different pattern she quickly removed all the blocks from the house she had made before and put some other colored blocks and pointed to her now improvised house and said, “Madam, houssshheee, big housshhee” and gave an adorable smile.
Seeing her making a house with different patterns, Vihaan M who was continuously watching her pattern tried making a different pattern of house too and said, “Madam see, even I made a big house.” The house looked completely different from Sudiksha’s.
I wonder what they are visualisisng when they are making their houses? Do they really connect with the kind of houses they see around them or the ones they dream of - bigger, brighter and with all the amenities they want? Or is the whole activity about how big a house one can make?
What makes children create such a variety of patterns in their houses? How differently do they see the world around them that makes them represent it such varied and different ways?
Given a set of blocks, how would you make a house? How many different kinds of houses do you think you would be able to make? Something with a tall tower, or a flat large top or, something that looks like a house from another planet? What would your “houshees” look like if you built it differently?
Contributed by Neha Nag Choudhary, Learning & Innovation Engineer at Sparkling Mindz
We presented children with blocks during ship time and they immediately started making houses. One of the 2 year olds who loves blocks during ship time and is an expert in making different patterns with blocks, joined all the blocks one by one and named it “houshie”.
When challenged to try a different pattern she quickly removed all the blocks from the house she had made before and put some other colored blocks and pointed to her now improvised house and said, “Madam, houssshheee, big housshhee” and gave an adorable smile.
Seeing her making a house with different patterns, Vihaan M who was continuously watching her pattern tried making a different pattern of house too and said, “Madam see, even I made a big house.” The house looked completely different from Sudiksha’s.
I wonder what they are visualisisng when they are making their houses? Do they really connect with the kind of houses they see around them or the ones they dream of - bigger, brighter and with all the amenities they want? Or is the whole activity about how big a house one can make?
What makes children create such a variety of patterns in their houses? How differently do they see the world around them that makes them represent it such varied and different ways?
Given a set of blocks, how would you make a house? How many different kinds of houses do you think you would be able to make? Something with a tall tower, or a flat large top or, something that looks like a house from another planet? What would your “houshees” look like if you built it differently?
Contributed by Neha Nag Choudhary, Learning & Innovation Engineer at Sparkling Mindz
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