Saturday, November 18, 2017

Unit Blocks









If there is one piece of equipment that every classroom for young children needs, it's unit blocks.  There are so many benefits from using these blocks but here are a few:  teamwork, cooperation, spatial awareness, balance, trial and error (repair), imagination, patience, shape recognition, concentration, and planning.  Even the big kids like blocks!
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