Building Blocks

Our family loves to build and we specifically have an area we keep all the building materials available to allow time and space for creativity and imagination to unfold there. I find construction in this environment to increase their hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness and motor muscle strengthening which  means it is a pretty important work for kids.

Our materials in the area have a wide range of formats. We have simple wooden shapes, magnetic tiles, loose parts and Brain Blox.

We just recently got these wonderful wooden planks, in fact, to add to our area and we have really had a blast creating things with them! I am especially fond of the fact that they are natural, non-toxic and earth friendly materials which are significant factors when my important little humans are playing and touching them constantly.

Something else I appreciate with these building toys is the invitation to create without direction. Due to the fact that each piece is the same as the next, it invites some major engineering and math skills and the girls don't even know they are learning!!! Learning through play is what our home is all about!

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What are your favorite objects your kids like to build with? Share with me, I love changing up our space often.