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Mud Bricks

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  • DOMAIN(S)
    Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CD-SC2.4b
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

During outdoor time, have the children gather mud, small twigs, dried leaves and grass in containers. Provide water, four or five ice cube trays and multiple dirt samples such as sand, topsoil and gravel. Using an outdoor sensory table, pour everything into a bowl and have the children help mix it together. Give them spoons to scoop mud into ice cube trays. Leave the trays sitting in the sun for two days. Remove the mud bricks from the trays. Talk to the children about what happened. “What do you notice about the mud now, and why do you think it turned hard?” Add toy cars and road signs and let the children build bridges, towers and houses out of the bricks.

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