Lego

When Priscilla went to pick up Abi from Blackfriars childcare, she noticed a change. Abi usually sits with a teacher at the table with other children, working on her own craft project. Today Abi was sitting by herself away from other children, working on lego. She was making a tower from a slender piece of adults lego (not duplo etc) and they would break apart whenever she exceeded a certain height or pressed in a certain way. Abi showed patience in persisting, but after many failures she expressed some frustration. Priscilla tried to help by holding and suggesting she build another support under the tower but it didn't work. Abi was able to revise her work and continued to add on to the base structure. She wanted the teacher to put a name tag on and save it for next time she was at Blackfriars.

During her play with lego other children would com and talk to her. One made a rocket ship (4 stacked yellow blocks) and showed Abi, who asked where is the fire? The girl then modified her lego. Another boy came and just scopped the lego pieces up and onto the floor. Abi was not disturbed but continued with her work.