Building Towers

Building Towers Aids Development in the Following Areas:

• Motor skills & spatial awareness

• Problem solving, critical thinking, scientific & mathematical skills 

• Self-expression & creativity

• Interaction & shared attention

• Social skills.: Encourage sharing, turn-taking, co-operation & listening to other’s ideas

• Confidence & self-esteem & the satisfaction of ‘completion’

• Development of language skills: Model language:  ‘Brick’, ‘More’, ‘Build’ ‘On’

Explore Tower Building Properties using the Following Materials:

• Cardboard Boxes

• Cardboard Tubes

• Counters

• Dominoes

• Dried Pasta & Play-Doh

• Duplo

• Lidded Tupperware

• Paper Cups 

• Sponges

• Unifix (snap cubes)

• Straws & Marshallows

• Wooden Blocks

Create, Revise, Demolish, Repeat!

Build anticipation skills! Give the cue  ‘Ready…Steady…Go!’ before the sensory explorer knocks down their tower.

For more sensory ideas and inspiration visit the website 

www.rhymingmultisensorystories.com