We discussed the materials used to make the three little pigs houses. We used our properties word to describe them. We wanted to find out which material is really the strongest. We were encouraged to use the word ‘predict’ (a very good guess). Some children used full “I predict….” sentences to share which materials they thought was the weakest and which was the strongest.

We tested our ideas by building a structure (usually a wall) out of each material and seeing how much damage the wolf did when he landed on it.

The structure with the most damage was the weakest.

The structure with the least damage was the strongest.

We set up some materials for the children to continue to experiment in class. Excellent discussions on this topic Reception!