Enchanted Forest
10 min
1 participantIdentify spatial relationships on a vertical plate, recognize notions of alignment and build columns to create trees.
Let's play!
Add bricks to the base plate to help the tree grow.
Let’s have a free play session!
How to prepare
1 base plate
16 random bricks or more
1 bowl
Apply adhesive putty to the back of the base plate and stick it to a wall.
Attach one brick horizontally to the base plate: in the bottom left corner.
Facilitation tips
Suggest creation of an entire enchanted forest.
Ask “What makes it an enchanted forest?”.
Possible variations
Start the tree with more than one brick.
In preparation, start several trees.
Do not put the first brick and leave the base plate empty.
Play with peers.
Download & print
Children will develop these holistic skills
cognitive skills
- Recognize and use notions of alignment, right angle, equality of lengths, middle, symmetry
emotional skills
- Implement an artistic project
physical skills
- Develop bilateral hand use
social skills
- Engage in game, pretend play activities, verbal play with peers
Did you know?
Creative skill means coming up with ideas, expressing them and transforming them into reality by creating associations, symbolizing and representing ideas and providing meaningful experience for others.
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