A recent project in our Pre-K classroom, had us becoming designers and engineers. In small groups of 5 or 6 children, we talked about the various shapes of the blocks that were pre-cut on brown construction paper. We then discussed the different structures we could make, using the book, When I Build With Blocks, by Niki Alling, for reference.

Each child took turns adding and gluing a shape to our 'paper' structure, the only rules being - start at the bottom of the paper, and the paper blocks s...