There was no Lego yet when my daughter was a toddler but if there was (and if I could afford it) certainly I would buy it for my toddler. I find Lego a good way of exercising the creativity of the child. Lego is not a simple connecting of the blocks but the child can come up with something sensible. During Christmas, I always have a gift of Lego for one or 2 kids, mostly toddlers.
Legos are awesome. I never really had any when I was a kid but I enjoyed applying my creativity with Legos when I'd visit someone else's house who had them. Great on so many levels - intelligence, creativity, entertainment. There's so much you can do with them and they make great gifts.
Most certainly I really wanted to gift my toddler that but couldn't afford them maybe by the time it's kids day I will be able to. I remember getting those for Christmas which was a pricess castle themed one. We can never go wrong with gifting them to children. I find them to be a good source of learning, creativity, and fun.
I agree. With this, you can't really go wrong. That is, unless the baby or small child chokes on one of the pieces, which is always the risk and safety factor.
They do make something similar to lego, I think it is called Brio, which are like Lego blocks a couple of inches long and are deliberately too big to fit in a child's mouth. I might have trouble taking a bite out of one! If you want to be really safe, there are also the Lego Jumbo blocks meant for building wendy houses etc, which are about 8 inches by 4 inches, and absolutely huge. My safety concern is that he'd use it to built stairs!
There was many a pleasurable hour spent with my two siblings playing with Lego when I was a child. Being creative is always fun for children and Lego pieces were always given to us at Christmas.
Lego is still an important part of a child's development, even though it's been around now for many years. These days with technology seemingly taking over, and I admit that it can also play a big role in a child's learning, I'd rather my children play with Lego than sit in front of a screen all day, no matter how interactive the program is. Actual Lego can be expensive, but just a quick look on the internet will show that there are many other similar products that do the same as Lego for a fraction of the price, so I wouldn't let budget be an issue. Anything that allows the child to be creative, is colourful and can help develop physical skills is always worth investing in.
Legos have worked well for many years. They are building blocks for the body as well. They are definitely preferable to screens and harmful video games with violence.
