Ad – Gifted Item
A few weeks ago, box three of our gifted Little World Builder kit arrived and this one was all about The Leaning Tower of Pisa! I’ll admit that this really isn’t a building I know too much about, so I was intrigued to learn about this one alongside the children.
Inside the box
I won’t cover the idea and concept of Little World Builder again; more can be read about that in this original post here. The box arrived in its distinctive yellow box and the children were excited to get stuck in, trying to guess where we might be headed to this time.
The contents included information and activity booklets, stickers and scrapbook page. There was a magic tree kit as well as the building kit. We read through the information booklet and the postcard before chatting a little more about Italy and the tower. The children set about working on the activity book and H was looking at the map to spot Italy.
Building the Leaning Tower of Pisa
I was intrigued as to how this one would be made, and I was secretly hoping my assistance might be needed, but Daniel managed this one on his own, just needing me to assist with a small bit at the top. HE really enjoyed building this one. Whilst he was doing that Emma and Harry looked at the magic tree. We set that up and poured the magic water in (which Em managed to also get on the table!) and then we set that to one side to let it do its thing (rather impressive the following day when the tree has grown leaves!).
Learning More
We haven’t yet followed this box up with any more specific learning, mostly because we have been finishing off projects for our speaking and listening group as well as some other bits here and there. However, it’s been great listening to the children chatter about the three models I have and checking if Big Ben is really taller than the Tower of Pisa, and then telling me that when they have completed all the boxes they’re going to lay them out geographically and then group them by type (apparently tower and halls at the moment). It’s great to see them interacting with the models and make these important landmarks part of their everyday play and conversation. Italy is a country I have a unit study planned for at some stage and I’m sure the Leaning Tower of Pisa will be at the forefront of their minds. It’s interesting too to learn more about the reasons for its lean, as well as understanding the work that has been undertaken to correct this. It’s definitely been a fun learning project for all of us.
