Playing with Blocks, Legos and Other Building Toys is Important !
Forget the 'educational' Toys...Grab The Legos!
By Debra Cornelius, published May 04, 2007
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While 'educational' toys, games and programs flood the market today, there is still none which compares with basic sets of Legos, building blocks, and other 'building toys' such as those other clasic standbys-Lincoln Logs and Tinkey Toys!
Playtime is a very important part of a child's developmental activities allowing room for creativity, discovery and exploration. While there are benefits to most toys when it comes to playtime, the classics such as blocks, Legos and other building toys is important in several ways.
Shape Recognition: Many building sets of all types are designed to integrate several different shapes and sizes to build a creative piece. This helps children to recognize not only differences among various pieces but similarities as well. Building Blocks are indestructible and can be stacked sorted and arranged in endless configurations.
Color Recognition: Alternating colors or patterns during the building process aids in noticing distinctions in light and dark color patterns as well as design. Lego blocks range in colors and sizes from the large Lego blocks for very young toddlers, to the small pieces and sets designed with certain projects in mind. Because addition sets can be added, the combinations are also endless.
Hand - Eye coordination: In stacking blocks and experiencing them tumbling over or leaning to far one way or the other, hand-eye coordination is developed in young children.
Legos , blocks and other building sets further enhance the hand-eye coordination when the child chooses which ones to interconnect. Getting the parts to snap together rather than simply stack as in the case with building blocksoffers more challenges.
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Takeaways
- Legos first came to markets in 1934 and now sell nearly 200 million sets per year.
- Lincoln Logs were invented some time between 1916 and 1917 by John Lloyd Wright.
- TINKERTOY has been building smiles since 1914.
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