New exhibit in Washington allows kids to explore playing with blocks Blocks let kids use their imaginations to solve problems Visitors can travel through the history of block play WASHINGTON — Parents ...

Pirate ships, bridges, flowers, dinosaurs, cars, castles, trains, tents, campfires, palm trees and house. What do they have in common? A child’s imagination, sparked by block play. With UNICEF support ...

Semi-structured block play among preschool-age children has the potential to improve two skills - mathematics and executive functioning - critical to kindergarten readiness, according a new study by ...

Toddlers and preschoolers love playing with blocks. In addition to developing motor skills and hand-eye coordination, block play can also help foster creativity, enhance problem-solving ability and ...

Our "Tools of the Trade" series is taking a look at some of the iconic objects that form a vital part of our educational lives. For an upcoming piece, I'm reporting on how young children learn through ...

Playing with toy blocks may lead to improved language development in middle- and low-income children, according to a new study. Playing with toy blocks may lead to improved language development in ...

Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology, School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong Playing with building blocks such as Lego has been an established part of early ...

Budding architects and structural engineers were hard at play building highway systems with roundabouts, interchanges and bridges; garages with ramps; castles with towering facades; and corrals -- for ...