Building & Inventing

Activities for pre-K children

These activities invite children to stack, build, and create with different materials. Children can test ideas, try new solutions, and see what happens! These playful challenges help grow problem-solving, spatial thinking, and persistence.

Learning Area:

Block Measuring

Age Group: 4 years old, 5 years old

Learning Area: Math

Learning Objective: In this activity, your child will use interlocking blocks to begin to understand measurement and compare how long or tall common household objects...

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Build It Like Me

Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old

Learning Area: Language and Communication, Math

Learning Objective: This building activity encourages children to recognize shapes and to use math-specific vocabulary to talk about a structure they are building.

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Building with Boxes

Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old

Learning Area: Language and Communication, Science

Learning Objective: In this activity, you and your child will build something sturdy out of a cardboard box.

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Exploring Ramps

Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old

Learning Area: Science

Learning Objective: The child will investigate the relationship between a ramp’s height and the distance an object travels. (A login is required for your child to...

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Which Is Taller?

Age Group: 4 years old, 5 years old

Learning Area: Math, Physical Development

Learning Objective: After building towers made of blocks or Lego© building blocks, children will contrast heights to determine which buildings are taller.

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