Little Builders: Dig, Measure and Scoop Invitation to Play

Little Builders: Dig, Build & Measure

Play Invitation & Planning Booklet

A construction invitation made for busy hands and big ideas. Little Builders takes a few simple, open-ended resources and turns them into opportunities to dig, build, transport, measure, knock down and start all over again. There’s no need for a picture-perfect construction area — a few vehicles, bricks, ramps and things to move are enough to get the play started.     Little Builders Play Inspiratio…     Little Builders Play Inspiratio…

This booklet looks beyond the finished “build” to recognise all the learning happening along the way. Loading trucks, lifting bricks, tipping, rolling, carrying and crashing can support children’s exploration of trajectory, transporting, positioning, connecting, balance, coordination and cause and effect. Because sometimes the moving, carrying and crashing is the play.     Little Builders Play Inspiratio…

There’s also plenty of early maths and mathematical language woven naturally into the invitation. Children can explore big and small, long and short, high and low, more and less, full and empty, fast and slow — without turning their play into a lesson. The booklet includes simple language to model as children investigate, with a focus on commenting alongside their play rather than continually testing what they know.     Little Builders Play Inspiratio…

You’ll also find easy ways to revisit and extend the invitation: add a simple problem to solve, change the terrain with mud, sand, stones, water or bark, swap the characters or simply watch what children return to and use that as your clue for what to offer next.     Little Builders Play Inspiratio…

Digital download | 5 pages | Part of The Play Library