Why Six Bricks?
Simple by Design.
Powerful in Practice.
How can something so simple create so many possibilities?
Six bricks don't look like much. But put them into the hands of a curious child and they can become something to sort, stack, compare, balance, move, imagine, test, change and talk about.
Same six bricks.
New thinking every time.
The Thinking behind the Play
Grounded in how children learn
Young children learn by being active participants in their world — doing, repeating, wondering, talking and connecting.
Six Bricks @ Home creates space for all five.
HANDS FIRST
Children learn by touching, moving, building and testing ideas for themselves.
AGAIN MATTERS
Repeating an experience helps children notice more, try differently and deepen their understanding.
QUESTIONS OPEN POSSIBILITIES
Curiosity invites children to investigate, predict and discover rather than simply wait for an answer
PUT THINKING INTO WORDS
Naming, describing, questioning and explaining help children make sense of what they discover.
LEARN TOGETHER
A responsive adult who watches, listens and wonders alongside a child makes play richer.
Do. Repeat. Wonder. Talk. Connect.
This is what learning can look like before it ever looks like a lesson.
WHY ONLY SIX?
Because more isn’t always more.
Young children are surrounded by choice.
More toys. More pieces. More instructions. More stimulation.
Six Bricks @ Home deliberately does something different.
We make the materials smaller,
so the thinking can become bigger.
Six principles. Endless possibilities.
Instead of asking “Can you do it?” we begin asking, “What do you think?”
GROUNDED IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Made for little learners. Grounded in how they grow.
Six Bricks @ Home supports playful experiences that connect naturally with South Africa’s early childhood development framework.
Six Bricks @ Home is a play and caregiver-support programme. It is not a replacement for an ECD centre, formal curriculum or developmental assessment.
Feeling safe, capable and confident.
Developing a sense of self and connection.
Listening, talking, describing and expressing ideas.
Noticing number, pattern, shape, size and sequence.
Imagining, experimenting and expressing ideas.
Exploring, questioning and making sense of how things work.
