This activity can amuse a little one for hours, especially when your baby becomes proficient at sitting. For toddlers, the Block Tower is tremendous fun. Stacking the blocks on top of one another is detailed work that requires coordination, fine motor control, and concentration. But knocking the Block Tower over is just plain fun. As children grow older and develop the motor skills to stick the pieces together, Duplo or Mega Blocks are even better than regular blocks.
Toddlers can make taller towers and their building structures are stronger than with regular blocks.
Blocks are perhaps the best toy investment you can make when you have young toddlers. They are the type of toys that grow with your little one, and you can keep adding to your collection to make bigger, cooler things. Featured on the National Parent Information Network, this article was prepared by child development experts at the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Used under License.