ABOUT
CARDBOARD BUILDING BLOCKS AND THEIR BENEFITS.
It is a
known fact that toy blocks are one of the best toys for toddlers on the market.
Besides offering creative, open-ended play other benefits include:
Physical
benefits: Toy blocks build strength in a child’s
fingers and hands, and improve eye-hand coordination.
Block play helps children learn social skills: Block
play encourages children to make friends and socially communicate with other
children. They learn it can be fun to “work” with other children and discuss
ideas.
Intellectual benefits: children can potentially develop their vocabularies learn
about describing shapes and sizes and colors of their blocks and the structures
they have built.
Block play teaches creativity and problem solving: Children can practice coming up with
new ideas of how to play with their blocks and decide what new patterns they
can build.
Block play helps children develop emotionally: When making large buildings and towers with large cardboard
blocks they are provided a chance to express strong feelings. In the beginning
a young child may feel frustrated with their structure fall down but through continuous
play with their toy blocks they will learn to cope with these feelings and
actually learn to have fun when they, themselves knock down their towers. They
also learn balance and coordination during play time.
Block play helps children develop physically:
Children of all ages develop both large and small motor
skills and eye-hand coordination when they play with blocks. As children learn
to walk carefully around block structures, they improve their balance, control,
and spatial awareness.
