LEGO, Brick Land and Child Development

The magic of playing with LEGO blocks captures the hearts of kids and adults alike. The colorful plastic bricks can be put together in endless combinations limited only by your imagination.

LEGO sets are scarce in Nairobi and pretty expensive. But Brick Land at Garden City and Lavington Malls offer kids a chance to play with a huge quantity and variety of LEGOs. For Ksh 250 for half an hour and Ksh 500 for an hour, kids aged 5-12 can immerse themselves in the fun world of LEGO building. Brick Land is open Monday- Saturday 10AM-4PM & Sundays from noon to 4PM under strict COVID-19 regulations.

Not only are LEGOs fun, but there are plenty of benefits for kids in playing with LEGOs including:

Improve Focus and Concentration

Learning to sit and focus for a long period of time, even when doing something fun, can be a difficult skill for kids to master. LEGO helps to develop concentration.

Increase Spatial Awareness

Young kids playing with LEGOs can acquire a heightened sense of spatial awareness as well as enforcing their understanding of sizes, shapes, balance, and symmetry. Following the directions to build a set can teach them how to translate a 2D image into real life. This is how you mentor a budding engineer.

Develop Fine Motor Skills

Connecting LEGO pieces properly requires small, very precise movements that increase dexterity and help teach control.

Patience

LEGO building can take time and can test children's patience. In a world where children often want instant gratification, the building process can help children understand that in order to get good results, it can take time and hard work can pay off.

Inspire Experimentation and Adventure

Playing with LEGOs allows kids the opportunity to experiment and be creative. It also gives them a safe space to try something different, fail, and then try something else. Children learn to go from excitement to disappointment to perseverance to accomplishment by playing with those colorful bricks.

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