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Building Blocks

Building Blocks and Construction Play

Blocks are one of the most useful toys a family can own, and one of the most underused. You will learn which blocks suit each age, how to move from stacking to bridges and enclosures, how to pose a building challenge, how to talk about size, balance and position, and how to help a child through the moment the tower falls.

  • 8 lessons
  • 8 activity tables
  • Ages 1 to 6
$47USD, one-time payment
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Smiling girl at a table full of colourful wooden blocks

What you will learn to do

  • Choose blocks and construction toys that suit your child's age
  • Run stacking, bridge and enclosure challenges step by step
  • Use words for size, position and balance during play
  • Help your child handle frustration when a build collapses

Who this course is for

  • Parents with a box of blocks that never gets played with
  • Children who love to build and parents who want to extend it
  • Siblings of different ages who need to build side by side
Curriculum

The 8 lessons

In a deliberate order. Each lesson explains why the play matters, gives you activities ready to run, and ends with a small assignment for the week.

  1. 01

    Why building matters and how to use this course

    You will understand what construction play gives young children, how the eight lessons fit together, and the safety rules that apply to every activity in this course.

    10 min read · includes an activity table

  2. 02

    Choosing blocks by age and setting up a building space

    You will know which kinds of blocks suit your child's age, how to make a small building space in any home, and how to store and rotate pieces so they stay interesting.

    12 min read · includes an activity table

  3. 03

    Stack and knock down: building with toddlers

    You will be able to run four short stacking games for children aged about 1 to 3 and know what to say while your toddler builds and knocks down.

    12 min read · includes an activity table

  4. 04

    Towers, bridges and enclosures

    You will be able to set up three classic building challenges for children aged about 2 to 6 and use everyday words for size, balance and position while they build.

    15 min read · includes an activity table

  5. 05

    Building from a picture or a challenge card

    You will be able to make simple picture and challenge cards at home and use them to give your child, aged about 3 to 6, a goal to build towards.

    15 min read · includes an activity table

  6. 06

    Cardboard boxes and recycled construction

    You will be able to turn clean recycling into a safe building set and run three cardboard building activities for children aged about 1 to 6.

    15 min read · includes an activity table

  7. 07

    Small figures, stories, sharing and falling towers

    You will be able to add small figures and stories to block play, and handle sharing, siblings and the frustration of a falling tower calmly.

    15 min read · includes an activity table

  8. 08

    Your 4-week building challenge plan

    You will have a written 4-week building plan for your family, know how to adapt it, and know which general signs are worth raising with a pediatrician or health visitor.

    15 min read · includes an activity table

What is included

  • 8 complete written lessons
  • 8 activity plans and checklists in clear tables
  • Easier and harder versions of every activity, by age
  • Safety notes for every lesson
  • An assignment at the end of every lesson
  • Printable, or save any lesson as PDF
  • Lifetime access, including future updates

How you receive it

Right after payment you see your access button, and the same personal link is emailed to you. Open it on any device to read every lesson. There is no account and no password to remember.

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Play education, not therapy. This course gives you activities and explains why they matter. It does not assess your child or replace a pediatrician, therapist or teacher. Always supervise play, keep small objects away from children under 3 and use materials suitable for their age. Read the safety notice.

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