Lego is an interesting construction toy whereby you join colorful plastic blocks to form various shapes or objects. It is quite famous among kids and adults alike. You must have heard about Lego somewhere in your life but do you know the benefits and features it offers to elevate the fun of joining these blocks?
Benefits of playing Lego
Lego is more than merely a game. It offers playtime fun but also enhance various skills, qualities, and aid in learning and development. Though the benefits can be sought by both kids and adults it especially helps in cognitive development and polishing skills among children of young age. If you want to enhance the skills and learning abilities of your kids then Lego is the perfect to go. A few of the prominent benefits Lego offers include:
- Social skills and Teamwork: Many Lego sets involve building in form of groups. This can be a group of young children in a classroom or playdate, or a family trying to build together. In either sense, children learn how to effectively communicate and socially seek and offer help. They also learn the dynamics to work in a team and collaborate with team members to accomplish unified goals.
- Problem-solving and Concentration: Sometimes building a Lego can be tricky and requires deep thinking to complete the set. Such deep thinking, finding the problem bricks, and laying out the bricks in perfect pattern helps to enhance the problem-solving skills as well as elevate concentration in your kids.
- Experimentation and Creativity: Lego blocks can be joined in numerous ways to form various shapes and objects. This infinite ability to join blocks ignites creativity among children. They learn how to experiment and create new shapes, buildings, models, and other objects by using their creative instincts.
- Physical strength: Lego enhances the physical development among children as they develop motor skills, and strength in their fingers to join and hold blocks.
- Patience: You might be surprised to know that Lego teaches children to be patient. They learn that it is not necessary to get desired results in one attempt. Lego teaches them a life lesson that they have to patiently try again and again with all their might to create what their instincts told them to.
Lego is evolvin
Understanding the advanced needs of children, Lego is evolving with time. It offers new features to enhance the interest of children and aid them in gaining all the skills mentioned above. Some of the promising features that your children will love include:
- Mosaic Maker: You can now turn your pictures (of yourself, friends, family, or even pet) into Lego Mosaic. This customized approach not only elevates the child’s interest but also makes it more fun to join blocks.
- Lego Life App: This application offers a safe and monitored online space to your children where they can post pictures of their Lego creations. Sharing their creativity enhances their social skills and confidence.
- Builder App: This application helps you to create Lego by giving you instructions to save you from any sort of frustration while making Lego fun and play.
