Building blocks are a traditional children's educational toy. As the times change, building blocks are still very popular around the world. Today, building block toys are becoming more and more diverse. The integration with new technologies makes building blocks more attractive and competitive, and also improves interactivity and educational value to a certain extent. What are the benefits of children playing with blocks? Today I will provide you with some introductions.
The meaning of building blocks
Building blocks are a common children's toy, usually made of wood, plastic or other materials, with a certain shape, size and color. The basic form of building blocks is usually geometric shapes such as cubes, cuboids, triangles, etc. By splicing, stacking and arranging, children can create various structures and patterns. Building blocks are not just simple toys, but also tools for children to explore the world. Through building blocks, children can improve their abilities in all aspects.
Benefits of building blocks
Promote the development of children's cognitive ability
By building and assembling building blocks, children can understand the spatial relationship between objects and improve their spatial imagination; through stacking, rotating, tilting and other operations, children can learn to organize objects in plane and three-dimensional space and improve three-dimensional thinking. When building building blocks, children will understand the shape, quantity, size, etc. of the building blocks, and will also involve some proportions, symmetry problems, etc., so it can improve children's mathematical cognition.
Improve children's hands-on ability
When playing with building blocks, children first observe with their eyes and then accurately control their hand movements, which can improve their hand-eye coordination ability. Children frequently use their hands to take, put, and adjust building blocks, which can enhance the flexibility of their fingers. When children are assembling building blocks, if they are high building blocks, they need to control the appropriate strength, so this is conducive to enhancing the regulation of strength. At the same time, when children are looking for the building blocks they need, their hands will find the building blocks they need according to the instructions of the brain, which is conducive to strengthening the connection between children's hands and brains.
Promote children's imagination
Children can build the same object in different ways, because block and building is open-ended and there is no "fixed answer". Children can freely build blocks according to their own ideas, which can undoubtedly stimulate children's creative thinking. Many LEGO series building block toys provide role-playing accessories. Children can interpret the stories they want through different scenes and roles. This activity can stimulate children's imagination.
Cultivate children's problem-solving ability
Building blocks are like a small laboratory. During the building process, children will first clarify what shape they want to build. This first step can cultivate children's ability to identify problems. Then, children will think about how to build blocks. They make plans in their minds and exercise their planning ability. Children solve problems through trial and error, adjust the design, and finally seek different ways to solve the problem. As the problem is solved, the child's sense of accomplishment is also satisfied. From discovering problems, planning solutions, to continuous attempts, adjustments, and finally solving problems, building blocks can lay a solid foundation for children's future learning and life.
Let children learn to organize
Building blocks can usually be classified by color, shape, size, etc. When playing with building blocks, children often spontaneously classify and organize the blocks. This simple induction can well exercise children's classification ability. As they grow older, children's classification of building blocks will change from low-level to high-level, and will no longer be limited to classification based on a certain intuitive feature of the building blocks. This gradual growth can cultivate children to establish a systematic sorting logic, and ultimately children can form self-management literacy.
Enhance children's social and cooperation skills
Children's playing blocks can be single-player or multiplayer toys. By playing with blocks with other children, children can naturally learn important social skills such as communication, cooperation, sharing, negotiation and conflict resolution in the process of playing. When children play together, they will express their needs and listen to the needs of others. Children cannot take all the blocks for themselves, but learn to take turns to use and share. This kind of sharing is conducive to promoting children's social interaction.
Cultivate children's concentration
Building blocks are toys that seem simple, but are actually complex and relatively difficult. Playing with building blocks often takes a long time, requires children to plan carefully and repeat attempts. There are always many steps to build building blocks, so this multi-step task requires children to concentrate and take it step by step. Moreover, building blocks are not a game that can be completed quickly, and children need to invest a long time, which can help extend the time for children to concentrate.
Enhance children's self-confidence
Building blocks are not only toys that exercise hands-on ability and brain power, but also an important tool for building a sound psychological quality. The successful feedback of building block toys is very direct, that is, as long as the child sees that the building blocks form what he wants, it means that the child has successfully built the building blocks. This visible and tangible success allows children to get a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction from the building block game in a timely manner. The process of building blocks is also a process in which children lead themselves. In this process, children complete something that they can control, which effectively enhances their self-confidence.
Choice of building blocks
Building blocks should be selected according to the age of the child. Children aged 0-2 should choose large blocks for toddlers to prevent them from swallowing; they should also try to choose blocks with rounded corners to prevent bumps. Children aged 2-4 can choose medium-sized blocks, and some simple splicing can cultivate hand-eye coordination. Children over 4 years old can choose more complex theme sets of blocks, which can improve fine motor skills and spatial imagination. In terms of materials, choose safe, non-toxic, and environmentally friendly blocks, preferably those that have passed safety certification, which are more conducive to the health and safety of children. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the educational value of blocks. Inspiring blocks can make children grow up happier.
The above is my introduction to children's building blocks, the benefits of children playing with building blocks, and some methods of choosing building blocks. If you also think that building blocks are toys that help your child's development, you can contact us to buy them. We are TONGLE and can provide you with the most cost-effective products!
