Here is a fabulous LEGO activity for tots to do simply at home. It is wonderful for hand-eye coordination and colour matching.
Don’t you just love those moments when children surprise you?
Possum and I were playing with a few random paddle pop sticks that I’d left out from a craft activity when she climbs up on the couch (which is surprisingly hard to stop) and began creating her own fun activity!
Possum (17 months) started placing paddle pop sticks into the underside of a few LEGO bricks I’d stepped on and removed earlier. How brilliant! I quickly grabbed the iPad and recorded what I could of her doing this activity.
This was one of those moments that reminded me that children don’t always need to be ponked down at an activity all the time but that they need opportunities to create their own fun and develop their own skills when they are ready.
LEARNING INVOLVED
This type of activity is great for toddlers as it helps them develop independence, fine motor control, patients and hand/eye coordination. For older children this activity can be extended to the expectation they are to match colours, so the paddle pop sticks to match the colour of the LEGO brick.
Obviously lots of encouragement is required and some children may not master such skills until much later. All children are different and develop at different speeds.
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I would have never came up with this activity for my grandson. It’s amazing what we can learn these little tykes!! They always know what’s best for their own development and what they think is fun.
Great idea! I have some of those popsicle sticks, and lots of Duplo blocks, so this will be an easy one. I always love it when they make up their own activities!
Featuring this in my WKC roundup this week (and putting out these materials tomorrow to see if Kz follows suit!) Thanks! Krissy
I LOVE this! Thanks so much for linking up to Tuesday Tots last week. I’m featuring this post on my round up of diy family games. http://www.oneperfectdayblog.net/2013/06/04/fun-and-simple-diy-games-for-kids/
This is so cute and simple! Love it. We are featuring your post tomorrow on Share It Saturday. Thanks for linking up!
Colleen at Sugar Aunts
What a wonderful activity and an important reminder!! Thank you for sharing on Sharing Saturday!! I hope you will share with us again this week!
That is so simple and cute! My son will love this activity. I’d love for you to share this at our Pinning for Play Link Party today!
Very clever. This would definitely appeal to my girls. Thanks!
that’s it… they just use their imagination in ways that we could never plan for x