Taking Risks

In the beginning of our day E & C began building with dominoes on the table. At first, C was excited to build a robot. After a few minutes he decided to see how tall he could make it. H called over to E and they began working. The boys got to a point where neither one of them could reach the top. C looked around and ran over to B. 

"Hey, can you put this block on top? You're tall!"

B proudly placed the block on the top. Everyone cheered and continued working. The videos below show how the boys took turns and and worked together. What the time lapsed video fails to show is the amount of risk the boys were taking as they added more blocks to their tower. 

With each block added, the tower wiggled and wobbled. There was a risk in building on top of the table because whatever was built my fall over if the table is bumped. There was a risk building the tower with two people and there was also a risk using a chair or a stool to put the blocks on the very top. 

Although the risks they may be taking are very small, they are still worth thinking about. There are all kinds of risks the kids take throughout the day. We often think about the physical risks in which children take and do not always see how building a tower can be considered risky. Although they may have taken small risks today, they sure learned how to stay persistent and work together.