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BACK TO BACK PASS ON

• Children work with a partner.
• Teacher explains the following: • Children have their bricks randomly placed on their
- Both partners have the same 3 bricks in their hands. desk in front of them.
- Stand back to back. • One child in the class will be called on to start.
- First child builds a model and explains to the second • The teacher gives the child a baseplate on which to
child how to build it. build.
- The second child builds the model by listening to the • The child places any 2 of his / her bricks together in
instructions from the first (without looking). any way, and then passes the baseplate to the child
- No questions may be asked. behind him / her, who adds 2 bricks to the model.
• The plate is passed from child to child, each child
• Children then compare and check models. adding two bricks.
• The last child to build attempts to create a story /
Q: Did the first child explain well? explanation about the model created.
Q: Did the second child listen well?
Q: Could you build the same model? Variations:
• Increase the number of bricks that each child may add.
• Children swop roles - second child builds and explains - • To end the activity, reverse the game. Each child must
first child listens and builds. remove the bricks missing from their stack without
completely breaking the model as they do so.

COLOUR

ACTION

• Children work with a partner; sit back to back.
• No. 1 builds a simple model with 3 / 4 bricks, and
then tells No. 2 what coloured bricks to find.
• Following that, he / she describes to No. 2 how to
build the model.
• As No. 1 describes it, No. 2 must build it,
without seeing the model, and may not ask any
questions.
• Children will then compare their models.

Q: Did your friend describe the model well?
Q: Did you listen well?
Q: Were you able to interpret your friend's
instructions?
Q: Were you able to build the same model as
your friend? If not, can you see where you
went wrong?

• Allow the children to swop over. No. 2 describes;
No. 1 builds.

Variations:
• Add more bricks.
• Allow one or two questions.

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