There is one toy which I can truly say my son loves. This is LEGO, and he was gifted this by his Lolo.
Back then, he did not know how to play with it properly. He used to make a real mess of it by throwing all the pieces everywhere. However, he is now 4 years old.
He can play with it for nearly the entire day, using his imagination to create. Since his favourite YouTuber has been Numberblocks, I think he loves it even more.
He seems to enjoy playing with numbers. Yesterday, I saw him creating another creation using his LEGO. He proudly said he made a 'hole.'.
I looked at it and told him it looked like a picture frame. I asked him if he could put his face through the hole as I would like to take a picture of him.
He was super happy to do so. The hole was quite small, however his face fit perfectly in the picture. Haha. Overall he was super happy with what he had created, and looked super cute! 🥰
I also asked his little brother Aiden to have a go. And he did an amazing job! 😆
Never would I have thought playing with LEGO would be such a fun way to get their adorable smiley faces! 🥰 Ryzen keeps playing with his LEGO in different ways. Sometimes he creates something that looks like a tall building, and if you do anything wrong it all falls down. Lol. I am so grateful to my dad for giving him this.
It is amazing to see how creative he gets with his LEGO. As well as noticing he is doing better in school, I can see how creative and imaginative he can be.
I have also noticed that he has improved his problem solving skills whilst playing with LEGO. He has learnt how to figure things out on his own.
Another thing I love is that he enjoys numbers. He knows how to count, add and subtract. He is very young yet knows some basic maths. I believe playing with LEGO will help him enjoy learning numbers and patterns.
As parents we can guide our children and encourage them to do certain activities. However allowing them to play and explore is very important. Sometimes the best way to find out what they are good at, is to allow them to play and explore.
We do not need to tell them what to create. Just guiding them a bit, encouraging them and giving them enough space for their imaginations will help. At the end of the day, it does not need to be expensive toys and perfect outcomes.
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Cover: Created by me using ChatGPT.
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