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Building a Tower | NPT3

NPT’s LEARNING TO READ series focuses on family literacy, providing parents and children with skills that can help improve literacy levels in children. Through the experiences of diverse families, the series takes viewers on a journey through wide-ranging aspects of literacy and includes ways to access free books in a community, how to build literacy through everyday activities and more.

Building a Tower | NPT3

Season 2022 Episode 21 | 1m 4s | CC

Building a skinny tower out of buttons and Play-Doh can be a fun way for your children to develop fine motor skills and use critical thinking. Through trial and error and discussion, they will learn how building a wider base leads to a stronger tower. Challenge your kids to see how tall they can make their towers, then measure and record write information about their constructions.

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