spelen met blokken : de voordelen

De inzichten die kinderen krijgen door met houten blokken te spelen

Houten blokken zijn er misschien niet zo funky en fancy uit als de nieuwste speelgoed xboxen, robots en de Nerf pistolen, maar ze zijn wel ideaal voor het leren en oefenen van een aantal basis handelingen en begrippen die een kind zo broodnodig heeft tijdens zijn of haar ontwikkeling.
Eigenlijk wordt niet allen de fijne motoriek gestimuleerd, ( blokken stapelen en bij onze luco bloks kan naast het stapelen ook de bokken in elkaar gestoken worden) maar ook het creatief denken, probleem oplossend vermogen de manier hoe met ruimte om tegaan ( ruimtelijk inzicht) tast . etc

Unit blokken worden door diverse fabrikanten aangeboden , en zijn vaak gemaakt van beuken, berk of rubber hout met meestal de volgende ratio’s of proportionele verhoudingen van 1:2:4. De blokken zijn natuurlijk afgerond en glad, zonder splinters en zullen niet zo snel kapot gaan als een plastik poppetje of goedkoop electronsich robotje. De luco houten blokken gaan een stapje verder en heeft ander verhoudingen zodat niet alleen de jongste kinderen ermee kunnen spelen, maar ook kinderen van 8 -12 het uitdagend vinden om met Luco te spelen, ja en zelfs ouders

 
Toys that grow with your child
Unit blocks are a good investment because children may continue to use them as they grow. Infants and toddlers enjoy simply touching and gripping larger, textured blocks. As toddlers, they develop more muscle control and are able to combine blocks, stack them, or line them up. Two-year-olds may demonstrate their first attempts at building structures, and show the beginnings of fantasy play.
Around the age of three, children learn how to balance and fit pieces together to build sturdier towers, then bridges and enclosures. Threes and fours begin to recognize designs and patterns, their towers and buildings becoming works of art. In kindergarten and early primary grades, blocks allow children to recreate structures, cities and landscapes from everyday life.
 
Blocks help children learn
Socially – Blocks encourage children to make friends and cooperate. Large block play may be a young child’s first experience playing in a group, while small block play may encourage an older child to work with others in solving problems.
Physically – When children reach for, pick up, stack, or fit blocks together, they build strength in their fingers and hands, and increase eye-hand coordination. Around two, children begin to figure out which shapes will fit where, and get a head start on understanding different perspectives – skills that will help them to read maps and follow directions later on. Blocks help kindergarten and primary grade children develop skills in design, representation, balance and stability.
Intellectually – Blocks help children learn across many academic subjects. Young children develop their vocabularies as they learn to describe sizes, shapes, and positions. Preschoolers and kindergarteners develop math skills by grouping, adding, subtracting and eventually multiplying with blocks. Older children make early experiments with gravity, balance, and geometry.
Creatively – Blocks offer children the chance to make their own designs, and the satisfaction of creating structures that did not exist before. Beginning at the age of two, children may use a variety of blocks for pretend-play. Children may become life-sized actors in large block structures, or use figures to create dramas in miniature landscapes.
Children value their own block structures whether or not they represent specific things. Rather than asking a child, “What did you make?” say, “Tell me about what you made.” This will encourage a dialog and offer the child new opportunities to explore.
 
Blokken in het klaslokkal

Ideally, the block area in a classroom should be three-sided, appropriate for noisy activity, out of the way of other classroom traffic, and big enough for many children to work in at once. Create safe places for block structures to remain standing so that children may go back and continue building at a later time.
Shelves at children’s eye-level can be used to store blocks and provide space for other activities. Blocks should be organized neatly so that children are invited to use them independently and capable of cleaning up on their own.
Block play is open-ended, and its possibilities are limitless. Even as children grow and develop new interests and abilities, blocks remain an active, creative learning tool.
 
andere bronen waar men meer kan lezen of blokken spel ( in Enlsich unit block play) :
Hirsch, E.S. 1996. The Block Book.(Third Ed.) Washington, DC: NAEYC. #132 / $5.
NAEYC. 1993. Block Play: Constructing Realities (video). Washington, DC: NAEYC.#838 / $39.

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