We are happy when our kids search for Lego. It's construction, not destruction; it's creative, not mindless; it's peaceful, not violent. I love the noisy rattle of the Lego scrabbling that emanates from my boy's bedroom. However, when does it all become too much?
You know when your kid is obsessed with Lego... It's when he talks constantly about the next set on his list; when he bursts into tears at lights-off time because he's in the middle of working out some tricky design problem; it's when he can't hold a conversation without some mention of Lego; it's when he is willing to allow his sister to infiltrate his Lego with Bratz in the hope that he can convert her to the same Lego fixation that permeates his every waking moment.
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We home school our children, and sometimes it is difficult to get our son to stop reasoning about Lego and work on a scheme or pay attention to his math or even just interact with us without the L-word.
Is this a problem? It might be. Then again, it might be just fine.
Think about the skills your child is developing as he plays (I am using the 'he' pronoun because it is usually, though not always, boys who design such a preoccupation). There are the distinct ones like using his imagination and stretching his creativity. But there are others too. As he manipulates those, often, tiny pieces, he is developing his fine motor skills and gaining coordination that will help with other dexterity-requiring tasks like handwriting and electronics. Lego helps his brain design by offering him problems to solve and logistics to work out.
As all this is happening those synapses are firing which build new neural pathways thus construction his brain, even as he sleeps. My son will often go to bed slightly troubled by a Lego problem he is trying to solve and then wakes with the clarification part or fully formed the next day.
What else?
Mathematics, English language, presentation skills, socializing, geography, history and media studies. In what way do you think Lego can help your child with all these subjects? How about dealing with emotional issues? How on earth could Lego help a child express and learn how to handle anger, frustration and disappointment? It can and it does.
My Child Has a Lego Obsession
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