Based on many gatherings, get-togethers and kids birthday parties, it is clear that all kids love LEGO! Anywhere in the world, children are having fun putting together LEGO pieces and developing the many skills and learning new things in the process, from lateral thinking to hard work and patience. Plenty of LEGO sets are sold online, where the options are wide and varied, and the sets themselves are affordable.
LEGO and kids
A lot of the benefits of LEGO are not even realized by many children. All kids know is that they are “having fun”, and yet in the process of doing this, LEGO is also helping children develop their imagination. Whether they want to build a galleon with the tail of a plane or a flying house, a rocket ship or a turtle, they are at liberty to do this, for as long as there are enough blocks. Building things using LEGO blocks is also challenging to kids, as they try to come up with the different structures that they can form with the available LEGO blocks. Another thing that LEGO helps kids develop is lateral thinking. As children try to figure out how to put together the LEGO blocks so they look like a certain animal or object or structure, they enhance their analytical skills. Motor and psychomotor skills are also developed by children that grow up building things using LEGO blocks. LEGO also encourages healthy competition among kids. Online, there is a LEGO club. It is 100% free for all LEGO lovers. Through this club, members can share photos of the structures they’ve put together using their LEGO blocks. There is even a download section for printable coloring pages and stickers.
Even adults love LEGO
While LEGO is perfect for kids of all ages, even serious adult collectors are big fans of LEGO sets like the LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon and the LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Black Pearl sets. These are marketed towards adults too, as the sets require a good amount of discipline and organization to construct. Complex LEGO sets for adult collectors are available with instructions that are easy to follow. The Millennium Falcon LEGO set comes with over 1,250 LEGO blocks and all the major characters from the movie to make the whole set even more realistic, among which are Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Chewbacca or “Chewy” and Darth Vader. The set also features 3 light sabers, a crossbow and 3 blasters. The Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl LEGO set features a rather realistic-looking Night Uncatchable, which is Captain Jack Sparrow’s very galleon in the box office hit. Included in the set are over 800 LEGO blocks, some realistic (fabric) sails, 6 LEGO pirate characters, 2 canons on the deck, the captain’s cabin and a detachable floorboard. This set makes for a perfect gift to any older kid or adult that loved the hit movie.