The Cap

People’s heads are cold! Give them all a cap.

Put one brick on top of each of the bricks you find.

Goals

To explore the baseplate and identify simple spatial relationships.
To manipulate and attach bricks.

The adult prepares

1 baseplate
10 random bricks
1 bowl

Place 5 bricks anywhere on the baseplate, ensuring they do not touch each other.
Place the 5 other bricks in a bowl.

The children play

Encourage the child to explore the baseplate with both hands to find a brick.
Tell them to take another brick and attach it on top of the brick, like a cap.

You have one, two, three,
four, and five bricks
and we will cover them.
Pick one.
One brick. Yes.
Okay, we will pick and place it under.
Push! Yay!
Pick another one
here.
You’re doing really great. Yes.
A second one.
A tower of two bricks.
Push, push push!
Good job!
Woo! You did it!
Great!
Why do we have a single one here? Yes.
Yes! Yes!
Yay! You did it!
Look!
It’s empty.
And you have one tower,
two towers,
three, four,
and five!
Well done.