Find the Crazy Duck
10 min
1 participantCompare different orientations of bricks on a base plate. Find and manipulate the crazy duck to place it back in line.
Let's play!
Explore the base plate.
Find the crazy duck who is out of order.
Pick the crazy duck and replace it correctly in the row.
How to prepare
1 base plate
10 bricks or more
Make a line of spaced bricks in reading position, across the top of the base plate.
Place one of those bricks in the opposite direction.
Facilitation tips
Ask “Why do you think the duck was out of line?”.
Ask “Make a row with one crazy duck for me”.
Possible variations
Change bricks orientation (allow enough space to replace ducks).
Create columns.
Change number of crazy ducks.
Change number of rows.
Download & print
Children will develop these holistic skills
physical skills
- Name spatial relationships
- Compare - discover similarities, differences, and preferences: sort and match
creative skills
- Reproduce, assemble, organize, link graphic patterns and then create new ones
social skills
- Follow rules in games led by adult, take turns
Did you know?
Because child development is beautifully complex, we take a holistic view and highlight the importance of children’s physical, social, cognitive, creative and emotional skills and how these complements and interact with one another.
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