Dora to the Rescue Mega Bloks |
Read the story and construct the play set as you go. The story is told throughout the booklet, each page adding another line to the story at the top that relates to the pieces you are going to add, such as "make a tunnel above" or "and now for the slide". The pieces are plastic and easy to handle. They are very slightly it malleable, not hard, solid plastic like Duplo.
Pieces are large and easy for youngsters to handle. |
The instruction book has instructions to build one play set, the one pictured above. Not all Mega Blok or Duplo sets have step-by-step instructions, you will have to read the box.
Instructions for Dora to the Rescue! by Mega Bloks |
Try this:
- Offer a few minutes of free play at the beginning so the child can get the feel of the pieces and learn how they go together.
- Keep the unused pieces in a pile so the child will have to search for each needed piece. Turn some of the pieces upside down or on their side so the child will have to recognize them from different perspectives. OR, only place the pieces as they are needed if the individual will get confused or overwhelmed when looking at too many pieces at once.
- Advise the child to hold the model in the same orientation as the one in the picture if they are having trouble orienting a piece.
- Take time to play once your set is complete.
- Give the beginner a piece at a time while building and point to the piece on the picture to show where it should go.
- Work on spatial relations, manual dexterity, visual discrimination, figure ground, visual closure, bilateral hand use, sequencing, creative play, problem solving, visual form constancy, process skills, executive functioning skills, play and leisure exploration and participation
3+ years
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