Building with blocks... Same or different?

Friends had lots of fun building with blocks today. They were trying to build a tower that was taller than the tallest student in our class, Ali H.! They were conversing using math words like, same, different, taller, smaller, more, less. They were measuring and counting and contrasting.  They were satisfied that it was as tall as Younous and five blocks taller than the toy dinosaur. They then put it down on the floor so that it starts at the same spot as their feet, they learned about having a starting point all by math play!