
๐ผ Tallest Tower Challenge
Build it taller than them, then knock it down and beat the record.
๐ Learnยท20 minยทFreeยทAges 2โ5ยท๐ถ Mediumยท๐ง Light
โ ๏ธ Safety first
Stay in the room. Soft or light blocks only, and build away from faces.
You know your child best โ supervise the whole time and skip anything that isn't right for them. See our Terms.
Why this is good for your child
- โBalance
- โPersistence
What you need
Blocks or cups
How to do it
- 1.Build the tallest tower you can, together.
- 2.Measure it against them.
- 3.Knock it down and beat it.
How it actually goes
- โฑ 30-second set-up โ
- Thirty seconds: put blocks or cups on a tray or a clear bit of floor, and sit down next to it before you call them over.
- ๐ง What you do โ
- Show it once, slowly, without talking over yourself. Then hand it over and stop helping unless they ask.
- ๐ถ What they do โ
- Line things up, count out loud, and notice what's the same.
- โ What success looks like โ
- At 2โ3 they'll do it their own way, not yours, and stop after five minutes. Both of those are fine.
- ๐งบ How to put it away โ
- Everything back into one basket or tray, carried back to its spot by them. Naming the spot out loud is what makes it stick.
- ๐ When they outgrow it โ
- Older? Count it, then ask how many there'd be with one more.