http://mychildstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mega-blocks.jpg“>http://mychildstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mega-blocks-300×225.jpg” alt=”" width=”300″ height=”225″ />A while back, I was watching my daughter play with her blocks one day, when I realized something: while she hadn’t learned how to read yet, she was figuring out how to build towers, buildings, and pens for her stuffed animals.
Today, while she can read, she still plays with those same over sized lego blocks. Instead of simple towers and buildings, she now builds enclosures with gates. She’s figuring out the logistics of how moving parts would work with static bricks. She plans ahead, figuring out how much space she needs to enclose for her other toys, and she goes through cycles of building, evaluating, and rebuilding.
No organic LED displays, no wireless connectivity, no sounds or buttons. Just plastic lego blocks.
To date, it is the one toy which has and continues to be, the most often played with toy in her toy chest.
As a parent, it is amazingly gratifying to watch your child develop and learn, working around limitations presented to us.