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Blocks: Great Learning Tools From Infancy Through the Primary Grades Lea Ann Christenson and Jenny James Preschool Building Bridges to Understanding in a Preschool Classroom: A Morning in the Block Center Emma, 4 years old, carefully steps around eeks earlier scenes in the the other block structures to inspect the block center looked much hospital she helped build. She is problem different. Children wandered solving. What will the community need in and out of the area, playing without a clear purpose and next? Dylan and Rohit, frequent players W in the block center, are deep in conversa- rarely for any sustained period of time. When tion. How should the river flow through the Ms. Lisa introduced the design process used by community? Nearby, Aditya, who recently engineers—a methodical, creative, and recursive began to play in the block center, chimes in, approach for problem solving—the block center saying, “I think you need a bridge over the was transformed into a child-centered hub of s r