Conversation + Cooperation = Building!

     After a long weekend, it usually takes a few minutes to settle in.  Not so this morning, the day after the Labor Day break.

     A few of the guys began a building project with the Magna-Tiles.  Shane announced, "We're building a fire station!"  Asher noticed some of the Magna-Tiles on the floor, counted them and said there's only three. Shane thought some of the tiles would make a perfect satellite dish for the rooftop.

     Ezra took a look and joined in.  "Hey, there's two helicopters!"  Eli S. called out, "I'm making a door!"

     The boys enjoyed pushing several cars in and out of their structure.  Then they noticed the roofs that belong to the Lincoln Log set.  Could they be used, too?  Shane wondered aloud, "How do these go together?"  The boys experimented with the roofs for a few minutes.  Together they decided that these roofs didn't belong on their building, so they returned them to the Lincoln Log basket. 

     There were some major engineering skills at work here.  The structure grew taller and taller.  More cars were placed inside.  There were several doors that could open and close.  Later, when another boy knocked it down, the group expressed disappointment.  The offender apologized and we spoke about it together.  Some serious re-building then followed.

     Later in the day, a second group created a different, yet similar, structure.  A Morah asked the group, "Would you like to build on the floor or on this platform?  If on the platform, we can save it for another day."  Shayan answered, "On the floor!"  Emmett noticed the "door" on the building.  "It needs to be open!" he told the group.  Rafi contributed several tiles, laughing as he put the tiles carefully in place.  It was almost finished.  Emmett said, "We need a roof."  And then it was done.  For the day.  Who knows what type of building will be constructed tomorrow?  And will the group decide to save their future structures?  (Exciting stuff!)

Kitah Gimmel, with the Kitah Gimmel Morahs . . .