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To knock down a tower deliberately 
Description:
This activity page focuses on modelling and showing your child how to knock down a tower.
| Early years skill: | Understanding of the World |
| Early years typical range: | 0-11m |
| P-scales/Curriculum skill: | Science |
| P-scales/Curriculum level: | P2 |
| TAP skill: | Creativity, Imagination and Play |
| TAP level: | TAP12 |
| Pre/Nat. Curriculum Area: | Anticipation |
| Pre/Nat. Curiculum Standard: | Engagement |
| Section: | Early Years (0-5yrs) info; Primary (5-11yrs) info |
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Tower Building - 4-5 bricks or other items that will stack. | - Show your child the items. - Stack them on top of each other - use words while you are stacking, this could be the number, e.g. 1, 2, 3..., or the colour, e.g. red, green yellow, or brick, more bricks. - Use 'ready steady...' or 'i, 2, 3 knock down' while you knock the tower down. - Rebuild the tower and carry out the sequence again. - When your child becomes familiar with this routine see if they copy you by knocking the tower down. |
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