Here’s a photo of our second grade classroom. This is one of the few teachers I know who tries to continue the use of blocks during class time beyond kindergarten. I think it is important to provide building opportunities, whether unstructured like this or structured beyond kindergarten. When I taught third grade, I always had a take apart center where I would put out old tools and old typewriters, electronics, and other stuff to take apart. This is especially important for our boys, I think. I know that many engineers, like myself, recall having closets full of taken apart stuff in our childhoods.
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