After several days of planning, designing, building, testing, and rebuilding, students in grades 1, 2 and 4 came together to share and learn about one another's Cardboard Challenge creations in a Day of Play celebration at Dryden Elementary School.
Advanced Learning Facilitator, Laurie Wasik, collaborated with students and staff, and inspired them with examples from Cain's Arcade and Imagination Foundation's Global Cardboard Challenge.
Students worked in teams to incorporate one another's ideas, design and construct something to play with out of cardboard. They came up with many creative ideas: a carwash, a rocket ship, a sailboat, a train, a robot, scuba diving equipment, a hospital for toy animals and more...
The children were very proud to share their creations, and they were very eager and genuinely interested to learn about what others created.
They persisted and problem-solved through challenges when their initial ideas didn't work.
On our Day of Play, everyone was very interested in playing the games that others created: pinball, bowling, basketball, air hockey and more...
Before the Day of Play, the older students collected data on the scoring elements of their games. They used this data to make refinements in their games and determine winning scores and prizes. This was a very meaningful application of the math skills they have been learning.
Some of the most powerful learning while participating in the Cardboard Challenge was revealed as students reflected on their experiences after the Day of Play.
Through experiences like these, our students are developing confidence in themselves while strengthening their problem-solving, collaboration and creative thinking skills. They are developing a playful and innovative mindset that will help them be successful and happy throughout their lives.
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