Answer these questions about this activity. Place the plastic interlock block in front of the child and create the interest to play with it. Examine whether the child had ever seen the block and ask about the purpose of the building block Explain to the child how to interlock the bricks together to construct a house. Give the task to the child and explain to him to construct a three-story building.

1. Coaching Strategies: Refer to Chapter 6 to find coaching concepts that you may use to coach the kid during the encounter. You must name at least two chapter concepts and describe how these principles will be incorporated - information about what you will say or do as you execute your chosen coaching principles.
2. School/Home Connection: What two suggestions from your experience might you provide to families to help extend and support their child's learning at home? (Ideas/suggestions must be precise, specific, open-ended, and directly connected to the children's interests and your learning experience.
3. Make learning visible by mentioning all of the California Preschool Foundations that will be incorporated into your suggested experience. List the domain, strand, and sub-strand for each foundation.
4. List all the DRDPs assessment opportunities that you observed during the experience.
5. What did you learn about identifying the spark/interest of the child from your observation notes? What did you learn about the process of planning an open-ended, constructivist, DAP based experience?
6. How would you use this new knowledge in your role as parent or educator?