The focus in terms of creative ventures are divergent throughout Jasper Room. Play is the single most important activity for children to engage in, each and every day. The research evidence is overwhelming in documenting the power of play for children’s emotional well-being, social development and academic achievement. With so many electronic and battery powered gadgetry on the market it can be hard to find toys which children find engaging yet stimulate creativity, promote intellectual and physical development more than good old fashioned LEGO. Here are my top three reasons why LEGO should be in your child’s toy collection:
1. Promotes Fine Motor Skills
LEGO bricks come in a vast range of shapes and sizes, which smaller hands need to learn how to assemble and take apart. These small twists and turns of their hands, fingers, and arms promote coordination and dexterity which children need for handwriting, and independent dressing. Through their manipulation of LEGO bricks children learn about applying differential pressure; some bricks need small amounts of pressure when building, whilst others require a great deal. The benefits of this hands-on trial and error learning is far more valuable than anything we can say as parents to teach our children about applying the right amount of pencil pressure as they write.
2. Develops Creativity
Play is a child’s work and their way of trying out new skills, whilst perfecting others. Providing a box of random pieces of LEGO and unstructured time is essential to ignite their imagination and develop their creativity. These different sized pieces of LEGO are so exciting because they can become a pirate ship, a space rocket, a magical kingdom or the entrance to another world. Through imaginative play children lose themselves in their fantasies. An anxious child loses all inhibitions when they are slaying dragons, teaching their pupils, caring for animals, or saving the universe with their super powers.
3. Provides an opportunity to try new skills without fear of failure
When children play they are constantly learning new skills, which can then be generalized to other areas of their life. Playing with LEGO provides an understanding of spatial awareness, promotes a sense of creativity, and teaches mathematical concepts of symmetry, shape and geometry. Children learn so much more through LEGO play because there is no fear of failure, LEGO creations fall down when you stack them too high, not all our creations quite work out as we planned, but we can always start again.
The possibilities for learning with LEGO are endless!
Lengo katika suala la ventures ubunifu ni tofauti katika Jasper Chumba. Kucheza ni moja ya shughuli muhimu zaidi kwa watoto kushiriki katika, kila siku. Utafiti unaonyesha nguvu ya kucheza kwa afya ya kihisia ya watoto, maendeleo ya kijamii na mafanikio ya kitaaluma. Kwa kuwa kuna vifaa vingi vya elektroniki na vya betri kwenye soko, inaweza kuwa ngumu kupata vitu vya kuchezea ambavyo watoto hupata kuvutia lakini huchochea ubunifu, kukuza maendeleo ya akili na mwili zaidi ya LEGO nzuri ya zamani. Hapa ni sababu tatu za msingi kwa nini LEGO inapaswa kuwa katika mkusanyiko wa vitu vya kuchezea vya mtoto wako: Kwa sababu ya uwezo wake wa kuunda, matofali ya LEGO yanapatikana katika aina mbalimbali za maumbo na ukubwa, na mikono midogo inahitaji kujifunza jinsi ya kuunganisha na kuondoa. Mageuzi hayo madogo ya mikono, vidole, na mikono huendeleza ushirikiano na ustadi ambao watoto wanahitaji kwa ajili ya kuandika kwa mkono, na kuvaa mavazi kwa kujitegemea. Kwa kutumia matofali ya LEGO, watoto hujifunza jinsi ya kutumia shinikizo tofauti; baadhi ya matofali yanahitaji shinikizo dogo wakati wa kujenga, wakati wengine wanahitaji shinikizo kubwa. """Mafunzo ya mazoezi ya majaribio na makosa ni muhimu zaidi kuliko chochote tunachoweza kusema kama wazazi kuwafundisha watoto wetu juu ya kutumia kiasi sahihi cha shinikizo la kalamu wanapokuwa wakiandika." 2. Uwezekano wa kupata Inaendeleza ubunifu Mchezo ni kazi ya mtoto na njia yao ya kujaribu ujuzi mpya, wakati wa kukamilisha wengine. Kutoa sanduku la vipande vya LEGO vya nasibu na wakati usio na muundo ni muhimu kuwasha mawazo yao na kuendeleza ubunifu wao. Vipande hivi vya LEGO vinaweza kuwa meli ya maharamia, roketi ya anga, ufalme wa kichawi, au mlango wa ulimwengu mwingine. Kupitia mchezo wenye kuwa na mawazo mengi watoto hujipoteza katika ndoto zao. Mtoto mwenye wasiwasi hupoteza vizuizi vyote wakati wanapokuwa wakiua joka, kuwafundisha wanafunzi wao, kutunza wanyama, au kuokoa ulimwengu na nguvu zao za juu. 3. Uwe na mtazamo wa kweli Ni fursa ya kujaribu ujuzi mpya bila hofu ya kushindwa: Wakati watoto kucheza, wao ni daima kujifunza ujuzi mpya, ambayo inaweza kisha kuwa generalized kwa maeneo mengine ya maisha yao. Kucheza na LEGO hutoa uelewa wa ufahamu wa nafasi, huendeleza hisia ya ubunifu, na hufundisha dhana za hisabati za ulinganifu, umbo na jiometri. Watoto hujifunza mengi kupitia michezo ya LEGO kwa sababu hakuna hofu ya kushindwa, uumbaji wa LEGO huanguka wakati unawaweka juu sana, sio uumbaji wetu wote unafanya kazi kama tulivyopanga, lakini tunaweza kuanza tena. Kuna uwezekano mwingi sana wa kujifunza kwa kutumia LEGO!