When children reach the age of 18 months doctors are recommending both boys and girls be given large building block toys. Creative people have the ability to come up with new ideas.
Open-ended toys, such as giant cardboard building blocks, encourage children to practice coming up with new ideas. Boys and girls will spend hours playing with their large blocks and will increase their social skills as they discuss and plan what to make next.
Block building gives children the chance to find solutions to problems and experiment with creating patterns. And of course, there is the fun of knocking them all down and starting over when a new idea pop’s up in their mind.
Block play at home and in day care is an important part of your children’s development and children of several ages and abilities are able to play together as a group.