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Bricks Farm 23 Reviews

4.7 Rating 866 Reviews
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Why do baby animals have names like kids, calves or piglets instead if baby goat, baby cow or baby pig? Deaf language and Maori have this name.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The vehicles were fun to put together, following instructions carefully. The many small parts were great for fine motor skills and just a fab chance to engage with the wonderfulness that is 'Lego',
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Environmentally friendly - these kits will be kept for an eternity. Children playing and enjoying each others company is such a treat.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Extended oral language. Searching for books in our library based on the animals they were enjoying
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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home, Other school staff brought in Bricks from home
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Okay, so they may not be actual Lego, but nor were they a gazzilion dollars. These bricks have enabled a stretched junior class budget to engage with being creative, across the curriculum. The obvious is design, but the hidden gems of language and discovery were evident from noticing play. Extensions of research - why would you need so much corn? What are baby animals called? Could we make our own maize maze? Importantly they were fun!
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I loved making the harvest or but it was a bit tricky. -it made writing a story really easy.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? As the teacher, I loved the noun discs that we used for writing, the students had to work on the heart words as the nouns were provided. Also the bricks were great incentives.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The students wanted to learn about horticulture so we planted a class garden and grew our own vegetables, cooked them and ate them. We also had a visit from a farmer/orchard isnt which was fun.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The students were excited about growing their own class garden, chose the vegetables, grew them, harvested, cooked and ate. The whole process was enlightening for some of my students.
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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home
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We loved the farm bricks. Initially they were used as an inset I’ve to produce brilliant work. The amount of conversation and bartering that came from the play with the jigsaw and created bricks was awesome to hear. We used other bits for writing and language games.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them The games are fun. Building the bricks can be tricky but I am going to finish them. I like learning Te Reo Maori.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The supporting games were educational and tied in well.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Community, whanaungatanga, kaitiakitanga
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? It helped to engage them in learning
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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home
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We loved this kit. We used it with a "community" theme. The students were very engaged and learned there are a lot of links and that we all need to help each other and work together.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I liked sharing my idea with Conor and we changed things like I said and it worked. That made me feel good that my idea worked" " Emily made the shed a bit different to the instructions but it worked out ok and looked close to the picture. It made me think we could do things differently and it would still be ok"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The actual bricks and being able to use them in different ways. ie: the versatility of the kit.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? working together and listening to each others ideas can make us better problem solvers.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? it was something most could relate to and role play with which lead to great wring and oral language
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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home
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What a fantastic kit! We used it in so many different ways from simple Play to following instructions activities to actually using the kit in the way intended :) My class was very excited to work together to create/ build with all the brick farm and I loved seeing how they worked together, compromised, shared ideas, questioned each other, showed leadership within the group they worked with and solved problems.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them " I liked working with the other children my friends, building the parts even though it was hard to put together" "I learnt lots of new words in Te reo Maori, we could use the cards to match "
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The Te Reo maori discs and key words board, the different parts to the board,
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? learning to work together, socially speaking, engagement for all students
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? oral language, creative ideas, storytelling, socially speaking
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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home
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Huge success - one of the best kits we've had. Students loved building using the bricks. We introduced learning bit by bit. Lots of learning around the roles on a farm. Most impact has been around social speaking especially involving our diverse learners in the space. It was both calming and engaging. The Te Reo cards were great and still being used in class.
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them They were fun to share with my friends. ( K ) It helped me see patterns. (A )
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks, boards, bases and vehicles. Bricks, boards, bases for maths, and all components for social play.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Collaborative learning skills, enjoyment of maths, finding learning fun.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We used the bricks more for maths.
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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home
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We used the bricks and vehicles for maths ( geometry shapes / symmetry / rotation ) and number arrays. We used them for social play for students who are developing skills to work collaboratively. Because they were familiar for our students and we could build on the pack with bricks brought in from home they were easy to incorporate meaningfully.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I liked learning the two reo names for the farm. I liked seeing the teacher explain how milk gets from the farm to my fridge, using the bricks. The milk tanker and things.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The vehicles as we discussed modern versus traditional Maaori farming/gardening methods before exploring paddock to plate.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? NZ has a valuable resource in farming and land
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We wrote stories about being farmers, how milk is produced.
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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home
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Great tool kit to support our Paddock to Plate Farming Inquiry
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them We have to think before we put the stickers on because otherwise they are too hard to take off if we get it wrong. (Problem solving). We have to work together, we can't build it by ourselves (cooperative working)
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Bricks- great for fine motor skills and spacial awareness
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Real life connections to their own lives (rural school)
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Lots of oral language..while building and after completion
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These bricks were extremely popular. We have mobilo and big blocks in the classroom so children enjoyed using the smaller blocks.
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