PARENTS · NANNIES · CAREGIVERS
You don’t need to be a teacher. You just need to be curious.
Six Bricks @ Home gives you simple ways to support your child’s play — without taking over, showing them how, or needing to know the “right” answer.
SUPPORTING THE PLAY
Sometimes the best thing we can do is a little less.
Children need time to notice, try, change their minds and discover for themselves. These six simple habits help us support their thinking without taking over.
Give them time to think.
Notice what they try.
Be curious alongside them.
Use questions that open up thinking.
Let their ideas lead the conversation.
Notice the trying, not just the result.
Small changes in our words can create more room for thinking.
INSTEAD OF “Put the red brick on top.”
TRY “I wonder where that one could go?”
INSTEAD OF “No, turn it around.”
TRY “Hmm… what else could you try?”
INSTEAD OF “Well done! You did it!”
TRY “You kept trying even when it didn’t work.”
Less telling. More wondering.