Building with Blocks Activity
Block tower activity: students estimate how tall their tower will get, roll a die and stack that many blocks until it tumbles, then record each count and their highest tower.
- Year groups
- Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Year 1 (Key Stage 1)
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- Preparation
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- Life Skills, Special Resources
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- Have Fun Teaching
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- Activities
- Preparation
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This Building with Blocks Activity is great for helping students develop their fine motor skills. They roll a die to stack that number of blocks, which encourages them to keep practising.
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Learning objectives
Estimate a quantity before testing it
Count and record the number of blocks stacked
Teaching tips
Each player needs one die and a supply of building blocks, which the file does not provide
Skills covered
Fine motor control — stacking blocks carefully to keep the tower standing
Recording data — writing each stack count on the sheet
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Estimation
Counting
Fine motor skills
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