Block play is one of the most beneficial activities that children can engage in. Blocks encourage imaginative play, provide opportunities for fine motor development and develop a sense of spacial awareness (among other things). For this reason, I have numerous sets of blocks: wood unit blocks, colored wood table blocks, Legos, cardboard "brick" blocks, patten blocks--you get the idea.
Today, we incorporated our "B" theme and used the small table blocks to build big buildings. This is a pretty small set and almost all of the kids were playing together at the same time. I was waiting for squabbling about who has more pieces and who took who's piece but that didn't happen for almost 20 minutes. That's a preschool miracle!
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