How LEGO will help your child
Did you know that Lego is more than just a toy? Here’s 1 EASY activity you can do with your child when playing with Lego that is guaranteed to help their language & play grow! 👏 🌱
LEGO! Here’s why it’s perfect!
🔸 Reading aloud the steps helps children learn to listen & follow a series of instructions
🔸 Describing the pieces of LEGO exposes them to rich vocab, “I found a bumpy piece”, “This piece is curved”, “Connect the long cylinder to the cube” … The list is endless!
🔸Develops their knowledge for concepts by talking about shapes, numbers, colours, sizes
🔸 Improves their patience, focus and attention simply by focusing on 1 piece at a time
🔸 Expands their imagination & creativity by creating stories & acting them out! Don’t stress if you don’t have any instructions, simply make up anything using what LEGO you have!
🔸 Building with others helps kids learn to listen & share others ideas, negotiate and problem solve when things go wrong! All valuable social skills needed for life.
So throw away the parent guilt, don’t stress that the homework hasn’t been done. Instead open that box of LEGO & start building!
Lauren is a speech pathologist who has over 15 years experience working with children and teenagers who present with a range of learning and communication difficulties. Lauren is passionate about helping others and loves to find simple and creative ways to make learning fun! The blog posts featured on this site are written on behalf of Remindables and are intended for educational purposes only and to provide general information and an understanding on a particular topic. By using this blog site you must be aware that the information shown is not to be used as a substitute for therapy advice and you should therefore seek the opinion of suitable professionals to assist you. The views expressed here are the author’s views alone and not those of their employer or others, unless clearly stated. 