Today they were discussing the benefits of children playing with wooden blocks and though i dont normally pay much attention to tele in the day, this made me sit down with my cuppa.
Some of the key benefits that stuck out to me were that along with helping with fine motor skills, they also helped with imagination, space, shapes and measure and if you get the coloured ones like me id go as far as including colour to that list too.
They said one of the joys of blocks were that it has no fixed end product so its something that children with a whole spectrum of interests can enjoy. Whether it be by building a princess castle, or bulldozing them down (Rio's favourite).
They also talked about capturing it on camera, so that is what i did.
Thats as far as we got before Rio knocked them down, used them as a football and packed them away. But three is an improvement!
Our blocks can be found here , alternatively you can get the better deal ive just ordered for a friends 1st birthday here .
I'll be getting the blocks out more often now..will you?
Plus they look nice too - much better than cheap plastic toys with flashing lights and annoying tunes ;)
ReplyDeleteHaha, rio's favourite tractor toy doesn't have an off button! Need I say more? X
ReplyDeleteI saw the same feature and promptly dug out our wooden bricks! The little ones love them, so hopefully they'll be turning themselves into geniuses whilst I scrabble around under the sofa trying to find missing cubes!!
ReplyDeleteKate x
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My daughter was obsessed with her building blocks when she was younger, I was quite grateful it was a quiet toy until one night I walked in her room and stood on one... The pain I tell you! In that moment I wish she had enjoyed a loud light up toy to prevent me from standing on them haha!
ReplyDeleteBut they did help a lot with her motor skills, made her more accurate in what she does and helped her imagination grow! She's such a creative child now and really inventive, making anything she can get her hands on into a master piece! xxx
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