Toilet Paper Building Blocks

 As part of Nurture Store's Simple play:: complex learning series, today I'm sharing Bubbles' favourite item to use as building blocks. Can you guess what it is?!

 Toilet paper! This was another of those wonderful child lead activities that I love so much. While I was busy in another room Bubbles discovered our new toilet paper rolls waiting in front of the hall cupboard to be put away. When I came back into the lounge room a very excited Bubbles showed me her marvelous tower, which quickly became a castle and then a train.

Toilet Paper Building Blocks-What's not to love?
I was surprised by my mother's enthusiasm when I told her of Bubbles' discovery, but she had some great reasoning:

• Toilet paper is soft; if someone accidentally gets bumped on the head by an over enthusiastic tower demolisher they're not going to be badly hurt
• Toilet paper rolls are big enough that little builders can manipulate them easily
• Toilet paper rolls are big which means you can make BIG creations 
• Toilet paper rolls can still be used for their original purpose after play; making them an economical play resource 
• Toilet paper is something the majority of us will always have in the house; making it a readily available play resource

What's your little one's favourite building 'block'?

-Victoria

Please always supervise your infant/child at play.  Please stay within arms reach and never leave infants/children unattended.  You know you're infant/child best, use your own judgement-considering your infant/child's temperament, habits, behaviour and development before you play with a new play medium.