{"id":228,"date":"2011-10-13T00:44:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T00:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2011-10-13T09:54:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T09:54:06","slug":"228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"When Play Morphs Into Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do you see in this video clip?<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/30459957?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I get out of it.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we see a 5 year boy making a long bridge out of blocks. I thought for sure he had understood how to extend the bridge by using the columns as platforms since the previous 5 or so blocks used this technique. But when it becomes hard, he decides quickly to make a down ramp. 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