The Mom I Want to Be

Indoor Fun, Physical Fun, Cause and Effect, Cognition, Counting Concepts, Eye-Hand Coordination, Fine Motor Coordination, Physical Coordination, Size and Shape Discrimination, Spatial Relationships, Stacking, Visual Discrimination

 

Blocks are considered one of the most versatile and favorite toys for young tots. Block playing will inspire your child’s imagination and creativity while developing motor skills as he or she experiments with stacking. Count as your child piles on each block for additional learning. Believe it or not, blocks are your child’s first exposure to geometry – squares and cubes. How many squares make up a cube? 

 

Demonstrate to your child how to stack three of four blocks on top of each other.  Have your child build two towers three or four blocks high with about a foot of space between them. Make a paper bridge across the towers that your child can push a car under.  Get down on the floor and build right alongside your child. You’ll be surprised how much fun you have letting those creative juices flow.