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PYRAMID OF BRICKS

• Children work in groups of 3.
• Each child places their bricks together on the table.
• The group must build a pyramid of bricks. Each brick
must be stacked using the long, horizontal side of the
brick.
• The bottom layer of bricks must have 6 bricks, the next
layer must have 5 bricks, the next four and the last layer
must have 3 bricks.
• The objective of the game is to remove one brick from
each of the three bottom layers without the pyramid falling
over. The children may not remove the bricks on the
edges of each row.
• The only row that will stay intact is the top row.

STUD TIMING

For this activity you will need a stop watch.

• Children work in groups of 3.
• Each child places their bricks together on the
table.
• The teacher gives the instructions of the game:

Build a tower with one brick on top of each other but
you are only allowed to cover / click two studs. Each
person in the group takes chances to place a brick on
top.

• There is a time limit for this game. Give the group
a minute to build.
• The first group to place 18 bricks in a two stud
tower that will stand on its own is the winner.
• This activity can also be played with 12 bricks but
only one stud must be covered and clicked to build
the tower. This is a game of careful placement of
bricks, compensation and problem solving to keep
the tower from falling over while still building one
on top of the other.

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