Rokenbok 04866 User manual

04866
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Better Play Builds Better Learners
Playing with ROK Blocks fosters important “executive functions”
that determine academic readiness and success. ROK Blocks are
designed to engage students’ minds, eyes, and fine motor skills
in correspondence with the Common Core State Standards
Initiative.
Through ROK Blocks play children will learn:
• Counting, measuring, and one-to-one correspondence
• Solve problems involving addition and subtraction
• Represent and interpret data
• Reason with shapes, physical properties, and their attributes
• Identify, classify, and compare relationships
Common Core State Standards create
consistent educational goals for
students across the country and for
every grade level. Rokenbok can be
used to teach these Standards in a
hands-on and fun way.
Every time we introduce a Common
Core State Standard you will see it
denoted with this icon:

Using These Tips!
Playing with your child will have positive developmental impacts. Left on their
own, children will often avoid more difficult challenges, like the hinge or swivel
blocks. When an adult introduces new possibilities, children tend to persist
through to the completion of challenges and learn to ask for help.
Help your child visualize the steps required to complete a design. Ask what they
see when they look at a plan sheet. Building with ROK Blocks is an opportunity
to develop language skills as well as spatial and fine motor skills.
You can ask questions like:
• How many blocks are there of each color?
• How many round parts do you have?
• How many yellow blocks do we need?

Tip Three: Know Your Blocks
Friction fit is the easiest
way to connect blocks.
Next, try snapping across the
bridge between two holes.
Last, snapping into the hole is
the most challenging.
Create a stronger bond by snapping
across the seam of two blocks.
Friction Fit
Cones
Snap
Certain blocks are inherently more challenging than others. Guide
your child through the different combinations and teach them
how to make their builds stronger.
Becoming familiar with the blocks will inspire innovative use,
promote verbal fluency during play, and facilitate fine motor skill
development.

Parts Count
2x4x
1x
1x
1x
5x10x
1x 1x
2x
4x 4x 8x 2x 2x 4x
8x
11x
14x18x

BILL OF MATERIALS
12x 6x 3x
12
How many blue blocks equal
one yellow block?
Counting &comparing
• Count the blocks in the left half pyramid and the
right half. Which has more blocks?
• How many blocks tall is the pyramid?
• How many blue, yellow, and green blocks
do you have? How many blocks total?
Common Core K.CC.C.6

BILL OF MATERIALS
10x11x
4x
11x
1x
5x
1
2
3
456
Analyze,Compare & create shapes
• Build the ram and castle wall. Test the wall strength.
• How can we make the wall stronger?
• Test your solution. Explain what happened.
Common Core K.G.B.4-B.6

7 8 9
1x
Analyze,Compare & create shapes
• What was the difference between the two walls?
• Separate the blocks by color. What are the similarities?
What are the differences?
Common Core K.G.B.4-B.6

123
BILL OF MATERIALS
3x
6x1x
1x
9x
2x
17x
2x
1x
Make sense of problems &
persevere in solving them
• Build Sad Robot.
• Pick up Sad Robot. What happened?
• Poor Sad Robot wants to be whole. How can you build him stronger?
• Build Happy Robot. How is he different from Sad Robot?
Common Core PRACTICE.MP1

45
Left Arm Right Arm
67
Left Leg RightLeg
Common Core PRACTICE.MP1

8
Common Core PRACTICE.MP1

BILL OF MATERIALS
3x
6x1x
1x
3x
6x
17x
2x
1
2
3
1x
Common Core PRACTICE.MP1

4
5
Common Core PRACTICE.MP1

123
4
2x
14x5x
11x
1x
8x
1x
14x1x
4x
ClassifY and count objects
• Collect the parts seen in the Bill of Materials.
• Group all small parts. How many do you have?
• Group all large parts. How many do you have?
• If you add the small and large parts, how many do you have?
BILL OF MATERIALS
Common Core K.MD.B.3

45
2x
Common Core K.MD.B.3

BILL OF MATERIALS
12 3
4x 6x 1x 1x
1x 4x 4x
4x
4x
4x
Describe measurable attributes
• Set out a gray half beam and gray full beam.
What do you notice about the beams?
• How can you tell the full beam is longer than
the half beam?
• Use the red block to measure the length of both beams.
Count out loud the length of each beam.
Common Core K.G.A.1

4
6
5
Common Core K.G.A.1

1234
5678
BILL OF MATERIALS
8x10x
10x 8x 4x2x
11x
1x
1x
1x 4x 4x 4x
14x 2x
2x4x
Classify and count
• Group parts by color.
• How many groups are there?
• What group has the most parts?
Common Core K.MD.B.3

910 11
12
2x
7x
Common Core K.MD.B.3

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215 S. Highway 101, Suite 101
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Phone [phone]
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precision and safety, and conform to the requirements of ASTM F963.
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