How To Choose Building Blocks

0-1 years old: colorful cloth blocks
Children under 1 year old have not yet formed a real sense of space. The standard hexahedral blocks with a certain texture and mechanical principles are not very meaningful to them, so it is best to choose interesting blocks. For example, cloth blocks are soft, have bright colors, and have patterns such as animals or fruits. They can let children perceive colors, recognize objects, develop touch, etc., and there is no need to worry about hard blocks hurting children. Of course, if such toys are not prepared, dolls, stuffed animal toys, books, etc. can also play these roles. Babies like to put everything they get in their mouths, so whether it is wooden blocks or cloth blocks, they must be safe and non-toxic.
1-2 years old: lightweight blocks
Children over 1 year old are forming spatial awareness and begin to stack high. Even without blocks, they like to pile everything together and then watch it fall down happily. If there are decorations such as puppies, kittens or dolls' homes painted on the blocks, children will like to play more. Since the child's body control and hand-eye coordination abilities are not very good at this stage, you should choose light building blocks to prevent the child from being injured when the building blocks collapse. The building blocks should not be too large to facilitate the child's grasp.
2-3 years old: Standard size building blocks
Children over 2 years old have developed spatial concepts, language, thinking and imagination, and their hand movements and hand-eye coordination abilities have improved, so they can do slightly more complicated things. At this time, you can choose standard building blocks for him, such as two semicircles that form a perfect circle, the length of two short building blocks added together is exactly equal to that of a long building block, etc. This kind of building blocks can give children more room for creativity and expression.