Babyblue
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Maybe I should go buy Star Wars Lego game for PS3 or PSP.
My, my, that would be cheating ... Wouldn't it??
Maybe I should go buy Star Wars Lego game for PS3 or PSP.
My, my, that would be cheating ... Wouldn't it??
Maybe I should go buy Star Wars Lego game for PS3 or PSP.
On a serious note, I wish more kids would go back to the basics when it comes to toys: play doh, legos, Lincoln logs, etc. Nowdays it's all electronic games and shit. I heard a phrase once that is so true: The more battery power, the less brain power.
"Simple" toys that do not require batteries often encourage imagination, enriches language development, and increases fine motor and gross motor skills, and all that good stuff that kids need.
I try to encourage my kids to paint, play with play doh, blocks, dolls, balls, etc. We do have a few battery-operated toys (such as the keyboard) but I try to avoid those. I'm proud that my kids hardly own computerized toys and games. A $3 ball does more for the kid's development than a $300 game system. And that's been proven through research.
btw - what's gross-motor skill?
My brother has that game and he loves it. Best part: no painful little Lego block booby traps lying around on the floor waiting to get stepped on.
Lego blocks between your toes at 4am... IT HURTS
That's all I am saying
Jamie
Here are a few...I do have some LEGO mosaic projects in mind, but they require a lot of LEGO pieces and money.
For a 5' x 5' picture, it would cost me at least $500 in pieces. (If I'm lucky, I can find them for $300.)
When I have time and money, then I might consider making something and then selling it for profit.
Here are a few...
http://www.geekalerts.com/u/gameboy-lego-mosaic.jpg
http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FY5/FR1Q/0HQEXCFI3VV/FY5FR1Q0HQEXCFI3VV.MEDIUM.jpg
(I like that one.)
http://i.pbase.com/g4/12/60812/3/64502171.Ta9Kwu22.jpg
(This is cool.)
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/seankenney/Mosaics/Sean-and-Lily/mosaic2.jpg
(I could do this... might be the cheapest.)
(Be sure to look at it from a distance. Looks better.)
Agreed - Also it develops their hands and eye coordination skills as well. The more they play with it, the more they think. Some of the toys such as Legos or Lincoln Logs also requires a "problem" solving scenario as to how to build a house or whatever it is.
Gross Motor Skills involves the large muscles of the body that enable such functions as walking, kicking, sitting upright, lifting, and throwing a ball.