Nuha and Furqan played with magnetic construction toys. At first, they built separately but then decided to work together, with Nuha building a small house and Furqan adding to it to create a big castle. They realized it was better to cooperate and were able to build something bigger. Working together gives children opportunities to develop social skills and relationships.
Nuha and Furqan played with magnetic construction toys. At first, they built separately but then decided to work together, with Nuha building a small house and Furqan adding to it to create a big castle. They realized it was better to cooperate and were able to build something bigger. Working together gives children opportunities to develop social skills and relationships.
Nuha and Furqan played with magnetic construction toys. At first, they built separately but then decided to work together, with Nuha building a small house and Furqan adding to it to create a big castle. They realized it was better to cooperate and were able to build something bigger. Working together gives children opportunities to develop social skills and relationships.
Nuha and Furqan played with magnetic construction toys. At first, they built separately but then decided to work together, with Nuha building a small house and Furqan adding to it to create a big castle. They realized it was better to cooperate and were able to build something bigger. Working together gives children opportunities to develop social skills and relationships.
We have a new activity set that teacher Maysoon bought for us.
Its called magnetic
construction set or magnetic tiles. This magnetic toys are so good, sturdy, and beautifully coloured that our children love to use those everyday. The other day when Furqan got the box out, Nuha came and sat with him. For the first few minutes they both just sat there and built their own choice of things. Nuha tired to build one of the special 3-D shapes from the instruction sheet. It was a bit complicated so she decided to create her own. Furqan also wanted to build his own buildings. After a while they decided to work together. Nuha built a small house and Furqan asked her if she wanted to join it with Furqans house to make it a big castle. Nuha was very pleased to do that. In fact they were happy to help each other. They both realised that its much better to work together and co-operate. Because they created an amazing construction that they wouldnt have been able to achieve if they worked alone. Working together gives children opportunities to practice social skills, build good relationships, solve problems, to take another points of view.
Learning taking place
Throughout this activity Nuha was building a strong relationship with her twin brother, developing social skills e.g. supporting each other, helping and co-operating, increasing imagination and creativity, developing fine motor skills, exploring scientific discoveries and most of all enjoying working with her brother.
Whats next?
Written by Teacher Rosy,
December, 2015
We will continue to provide opportunities for
Nuha to practice and develop social skills further, for instance she will work in a small group to support each other, to understand the feelings of others and increase sense of responsibility for the group members.