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Up, Up, Up... Can Documentation Be Building Blocks for New Learning?

School: Brookline Early Education Program

2. Ruby Begins

Ruby begins by stacking the blocks off-set on top of each other, but they can not stand on their own. She then tries a different approach.

I identify: "Ruby, I noticed that you changed your plan."

She explains: "It was too hard to balance that way. There's nothing on the bottom to hold it up. I looked at Caleb's and Grace's to figure out a new idea."


While Ruby is building her house, she notices a problem.

"I made it [the house] too high."

She continues to work to solve the problem, turning blocks different ways to make the floor of the house level with the top stair. Once this problem is solved, she continues to build the walls.

During her rebuilding, she realizes, "There's a problem... there were no more little rectangle blocks but then I saw the colored rectangle and it fit."


When Ruby finishes her house, she declares, "I have a basement."