Building blocks - Maximizing the benefits

Building blocks have so far proven to be quite effective in their role as play things for children. They come in a number of geometrical shapes and sizes including triangles, cones, squares, rectangles, circles, ovals and arches. To a literate person, there is little to say on the shapes of the letters of the alphabet as well as numerals 0 to 9. The benefits of using building blocks as toys range from social, physical intellectual and creative. Still, with so much to provide, toy blocks can be made more efficient for the best results. Apart from educating children on different shapes, toy blocks also improve eye-to-hand coordination and accuracy. This together with improving strength in the child’s hands and fingers may be improved by ensuring that the child uses age-accurate building blocks. This means that the shapes of the blocks should not be too simple or too complex for the child. In many cases, the age bracket should be indicated on the package on purchase. A creative mind can never get enough of toy blocks and once the creative bit of the mind is stimulates and curiosity plus adventure set in, a child can go to creative lengths that some adults may not attain.

Cooperation, unity and pooling together ideas are some of the social benefits of using building blocks. Learning the ability to make friends quickly and easily, embrace cooperation and socialize easily with others at an early age, will blossom and help them in the future, at school and in their work places. Therefore, encouraging the use of building blocks not only at home, but also in schools and public play grounds is one way to encourage socialization through toys. Intellect simply means mental ability. This is the ability to think reason and understand different situations on a number of platforms. The possibility of interaction intellectual growth within building blocks play time has had tremendous results according to studies. The use of different geometric shapes teaches the child how to describe different sizes, positions and shapes. Numbers enhance arithmetic skills while alphabetic letters work on spelling and knowing the different shapes. However, just like enhancing on the physical benefits, the shapes should be age-accurate. This means that pre-scholars may be too young for such building blocks.

Enhancing the fun-time for your child is quite easy with building blocks, and also importance for their future and should therefore be taken seriously.