The influence of building block play on children's cognitive development

"Building blocks" was first born in Europe, is known as the "father of early childhood education" German educator Froebel invented. It's probably over a hundred years old. The purpose is to let children better understand nature in the game, and play a huge role in promoting the development of children's cognitive abilities. Sensing the sense of space in the building block game is also conducive to exercising hand-eye coordination, enhancing the cultivation of children's fine motor and social adaptability, so that children can cultivate concentration in the process of playing and enjoy it.

Building blocks are also toys for sustainable play, and as the child ages, he has different ways to play. For example, a child playing with blocks before one year old may just put two or three together and be very happy. But around the age of 3, children will still love to play with blocks, but the way of playing has changed a lot. He began to think of building up objects. Even adults can put together more complex shapes, so we say that playing with blocks is not just "for fun."

Building block game is characterized by "copying" the real structure of items and buildings as the main content, each small building block is the shape of a cube, many of the building blocks are more beautiful color, six sides can be inserted. In the process of playing with building blocks, not only can children feel very fun, is able to exercise children's creativity, so many children in the process of playing building blocks, will pile the building blocks into the shape of a car, but also pile into the shape of a house. Many children will pile up according to their own ideas, the shape of the blocks is also more, can be put together a different shape, this time can stimulate the baby's imagination, cultivate the child's independent learning and creative ability. After putting many small blocks together as a whole, children will also have a sense of accomplishment, which is of great help to the development of children's cognitive ability.