Lego; A Great Toy and Game to Challenge and Improve the Young Mind.
Do you want to gift your child a toy and game and improve their skills at the same time? If yes, Lego is your answer!
If one is looking for a great brain storming toy and game for their kid, the best option to go for is Lego. It is one of the best brain teasing toys for children and teaches them the basic principles of mathematics, science and engineering. By integrating the basic math learned at school with an intuitive, active learning process, the fundamentals of physics are being experienced and understood better. One of the important aspects that help Lego in being effective is that it builds confidence in children to operate, work together and the end result is always never wrong.
The Lego Company was established in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen who was a carpenter and joiner. In Danish the name ‘Lego’ comes from the words ‘Leg Godt’ which means ‘play well’ and in Latin it means ‘I put together,’ so it is actually a rather clever and appropriate name! Lego consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and accompanying array of gears, mini-figures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected in many ways, to construct objects. Anything constructed can then be taken apart again and the pieces used to make other objects.
One of the best things about Lego is that the more you have the more your imagination can run wild. The more Lego you have, the more things you can build and so the more play potential there is. A professor of mathematics calculated that there are over 915million ways to combine six Lego bricks together. Saying that, even if you have a relatively small amount of Lego, there is still unlimited play potential. This shows that Lego is one of the most effective brain building toys and games.
Lego is a very multicultural toy and is not culturally bias as children from all over the world enjoy playing with it. It is also gender representative as both boys and girls are appealed by the abilities and countless possibilities of Lego. Girls tend to build houses and all sorts of animals, whereas boys build vehicles, towers etc.
Approximately 20 billion Lego elements are made every year in the Lego factory in Bilund – equivalent to approximately 2 million elements an hour or 35,000 a minute. The molds used in production are accurate to within two-thousandth of a millimeter (0.002mm), the company maintains a very high quality standard.
Many toys and games these days tend to inhibit creativity and imagination because ‘everything is done for you’, but Lego is a brilliantly fun and educational toy which has no real age limit. Children are attracted by the bright colors of Lego and allows them to learn more creative constructions based on color patterns. Adults also still play with Lego as there is an endless amount to what can be created.
Many may try to find a disadvantage to the use of Lego, but the only possible disadvantage that can be thought of ‘is that it hurts a bit if you tread on it with bare feet!’ All in all Lego is definitely one of the most favorite toys and games out there as it has endless possibilities, fantastic high quality, great value for money and is one of the most fun toys to play with!
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Matt John is a couponing industry’s analyst holding journalism and marketing degrees and contributing articles to digital and print media.
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