Inspire Wisdom

1. Exercise Hand-Eye Coordination

When stacking blocks, children need to use their hands dexterously, which can promote the development of fine motor skills. Building complex objects from scattered blocks also exercises hand-eye coordination.

2. Cultivate Observation Skills

The objects children build, such as houses, are actually common in daily life. They first learn to observe, then express the things they observe in daily life through blocks during play. Observation skills are cultivated unconsciously.

3. Foster Communication Abilities

It is best to let children build blocks with other kids, which is more interesting than playing alone. Moreover, when children build blocks together, they can inspire each other, so they will play more earnestly, which is also beneficial for cultivating their ability to get along with others.

4. Enhance Children's Confidence The process of building blocks can be completely controlled by children themselves, which will bring them a sense of satisfaction and self-confidence.

5. During the process of playing with blocks, children can also learn a lot of mathematical knowledge, and develop spatial awareness, imagination, creativity, and language expression abilities, etc.

Recognize Geometric Shapes

Blocks come in different shapes, sizes, and lengths. Children can distinguish geometric shapes through blocks, such as cuboids, cubes, cylinders, etc. Standard blocks have certain sizes and proportions. During manipulation, children can perceive the different shapes, proportions, sizes, thicknesses, heights, lengths of blocks, etc.

1. Build a Pagoda

Prepare several square and circular blocks for the child and teach them to stack high. Then place a triangular or conical block on the top as the roof.

Playing with blocks requires at least 2 pieces, and the number increases from 2 to 3, 4, etc. Children will gradually understand that the more blocks there are, the more complex objects can be built; the higher they stack, the easier it is to collapse. During play, children learn to place larger blocks at the bottom and smaller ones on top, so that the pagoda is not easy to fall. Unconsciously, children understand concepts such as quantity, size, weight, height, etc.

2. Find Shapes

First teach the child to recognize blocks of various geometric shapes, such as circles, semicircles, triangles, rectangles, etc. Then say the name of a shape and let them accurately find the corresponding block from a pile. You can also compete with the child to see who finds it faster and more accurately. This can help children understand geometric shapes and is beneficial for cultivating their observation and memory skills.

3. Double Up

Pair two identical rectangular blocks to form a square, two triangles to form a square, two semicircles to form a circle, etc. This game can help children understand the combination relationship between different shapes and the concept of part and whole. Moreover, during play, children need to use their eyes to observe whether blocks of different shapes can fit together, which is very beneficial for cultivating observation skills.

4. Match Numbers

Prepare a set of blocks marked with numbers. First, stack several blocks in ascending order according to the numbers on them, then let the child place the corresponding number block on top according to the next number. If the child places the wrong block or knocks down the stacked blocks during placement, they lose. This game can help children understand the relationship between numbers and make their concept of numbers clearer.

5. Who Has More Blocks

First, the mother and the child each get an equal number of blocks, then play the "Rock-Paper-Scissors" game. Each time, the winner gets one block from the loser. After 3 rounds, count the number of blocks each has. This game can help children understand the difference between more and less and gain an initial understanding of addition and subtraction.

Build Spatial Concepts

Children like to build beautiful buildings with blocks very much. During construction, they need to imagine the position of each block in the building and then place each block in the most appropriate place, which is the foundation of spatial awareness.

1. Blocks Falling Down

Stack the blocks one by one. When reaching a certain height, let the child push them down with their hands. Seeing the blocks fall, children usually laugh happily. Although this is just a simple "destructive" game, it is an important activity for children to improve their spatial cognition ability.

2. Winding Path

Teach the child to arrange long blocks at certain intervals to form a winding path. Then give the child a toy car, and they can play with the car along this "path", requiring not to touch the blocks if possible. This can exercise the child's ability to estimate spatial distances and cultivate a sense of three-dimensionality and hand-eye coordination.

3. Bowling Game

First, arrange cylindrical blocks of different colors in an inverted triangle. Then let the child stand at a distance and roll a ball towards the blocks to knock them down. As the child's ability improves, the distance can be gradually increased. This game requires the child to have a sense of direction and is helpful for improving attention and physical coordination.

4. Dominoes

Arrange the blocks in a domino pattern, then knock down the first or last block and enjoy the interesting scene of the blocks falling in sequence. During the placement of blocks, children need to accurately judge spatial distances, and require precise hand movements and high concentration.

Establish Scientific Thinking

Blocks embody many mechanical principles. For example, blocks of different sizes have different stability—those with good stability are not easy to collapse; when building a house with blocks, children will gradually realize relationships such as balance and symmetry. Before building blocks, children need to make a plan: what to build below and what to place above. All these are of great benefit to cultivating scientific thinking.