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Undoubtedly, a building block is one of the simplest toys for children that could possibly exist. There is nothing else than blocks made out of plastic, which are used for building different stuff such as bridges, houses, castles etc. Basically, it all depends on the kid’s imagination. And now just one of the key words has been mentioned: imagination! It is the imagination that calls for a whole series of complicated processes in a kid’s brain. By using their imagination, kids are becoming much more innovative and intelligent. Moreover, their out-of-the-box way of thinking is trained from a very early age this way. Basically, this is how a building block is useful to the kids and this is why it is considered to be a crucial toy for any child. There are millions of other sophisticated toys for kids which, unlike the building block, cannot really call for the kid’s imagination. Let’s take the mini computer. Its price may reach hundreds of dollars, but it is far less useful than the blocks for building. Of course, it could not be said that that type of toys does not play an important role too. Sure they do! They can teach a kid to calculate or even the alphabet. Anyway, those are things that all kids learn sooner or later. There is nobody who does not know how much two and two makes. This is the so called rational thinking or still known as thinking logically. That could be considered as compliment a few years ago but now everybody is looking for people who think out of the box; everybody is looking for people who think irrationally and come up with weird ideas! Those people are the ones that are likely to be most successful. And what’s interesting is that the experiments seem to be showing that kids who are allowed to play with simple toys such as a building block or even a simple string are much more likely to acquire those valuable skills and knowledge. It is as well good to let the kids play with stuff which are usually not considered as toys. Just like the string example, they can also be allowed to play with shoes, scarves or any other clothes. It really could be anything as long as it is safe of course. After all, the kid does not have to end up having been hurt by any inappropriate object.
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