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Build A Block House

ID 1715
Title Build A Block House
Published True
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PWA Age month 24_36
PWA Dimensions cognitive_flexibility
PWA Duration(minutes) 5_15min
PWA Lead Can {LEARNER_FNAME} build a block house in the correct color? Use a favorite stuffed toy to help you in this challenge.
PWA Materials Blocks or Lego Thick paper A stuffed animal or toy
PWA Progress Marker Searches for new rule upon rule change consistently;Switches to new color rule sometimes;Switches to new color rule more quickly
PWA Question Body After switching to the new color, how often did {LEARNER_FNAME} choose blocks of the old color (blue)?
PWA Tags Construction;Indoor;Shapes/ Colors
PWA Try this Collect lots of red, blue and yellow Lego or building blocks and keep them in a pile. Create a paper slide by rolling a piece of paper into a tube; you will slide blocks one at a time towards {LEARNER_FNAME}, so place the end of the slide in easy reach of {OBJ_PRONOUN}.  Ask {LEARNER_FNAME} to catch blocks as you drop them down the tube one by one, in order to make a house for his favorite stuffed toy.  Say: Let’s try to figure out your toy’s favorite color. He will tell us if the color you chose is right or not. The correct color for the first round will be blue (but don’t tell   {LEARNER_FNAME} yet.) Begin dropping blocks down the slide one at a time, alternating colors randomly.  Each time {LEARNER_FNAME} takes a blue block to add to the house, make the stuffed animal nod yes. Say no if {SUBJ_PRONOUN} uses a different color. Play at least six rounds of blue blocks before switching rules and changing the color for the house.
PWA Variations
PWA What to look It might take several rounds for {LEARNER_FNAME} to determine that the secret color is blue, but that’s OK. Just wait until {SUBJ_PRONOUN} has figured out what the first secret color is before changing it. Once the rule switches, notice whether {SUBJ_PRONOUN} starts searching for the new secret color or continues choosing the first one.
PWA Why this matters It’s cognitive flexibility at play. When the toy changes his mind and prefers a different color, {LEARNER_FNAME} needs to adjust and solve the problem. By changing {POS_PRONOUN} mindset from choosing only blocks of the first color to choosing blocks that are not that color. UTM-EM-042-MAR-21
PWA Question Response Option first Continued more than two times with the previous color ;Continued two times with the previous color before switching ;Continued one more time with the previous color before switching ;Switched colors immediately
PWA Question Response Option second 1;2;3;4
PWA Collections
PWA Slug /flexible-build-block-house
PWA Waiting for Review True
PWA YouTube video