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Block Towers

What to do:

  1. Ask children to make a block tower as high as they possibly can.
  2. Compare heights of the towers.
  3. Draw the outlines of the towers, cut them out, hang them up. Or lay the blocks on the sidewalk and trace around the tower with chalk.

  • Category icon Toddlers (13-35 months), Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Math, Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Movement and Physical Activity

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