Page 9 - Literacy Skills

CARRYING OUT

INSTRUCTIONS

• Children have their 6 bricks randomly placed in front of
them.
• Teacher calls out instructions and demonstrates:
• e.g. Place your yellow 2 x 4 brick on the desk in front of
you, make sure it lies horizontally.
• Teacher shows the action and uses the appropriate
vocabulary.
• Place the blue 2 x 4 brick on top of the yellow brick,
vertically, only covering the middle 4 studs.

Variations:
• Teacher calls out one or two instructions, without
demonstrating and children must listen first and then act.
• Increase the number of instructions for the children to
remember and build accordingly.

PREPOSITIONS

Game with spinner / dice.

• Children work in groups of 4.
• Pile all the bricks in the middle.
• Start by placing any brick in the middle of a
baseplate / tray.
• Child No. 1 spins the spinner or throws a dice
which will show a colour and a position, e.g.
yellow, on top.
• The child then finds that colour brick and
places it on top of the starting brick.
• The next child spins the spinner, e.g. green,
under. That child connects the green brick
under the existing model.
• Carry on in this way, each child taking a turn.
• Can you tell a story about the model that is
built?

Variations:
• Groups could compete against each other
- see who has the highest build after 10
minutes.

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