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Re: A first step
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Date: 
Mon, 26 Jul 2004 05:27:54 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Jordan wrote:
> Yesterday was a wonderful first for our family. My 20 month-old daughter
> attached 2 2*4 bricks together for the first time!
> 
> Its great to see the delighted look on her face when I open the box of basic
> bricks with its bags of pretty colours, the zooming sound (copied from me) she
> makes when I build her a plane out of 7 2*4 bricks, and finally the look of
> concentration she got when she started trying to get the two bricks together.
> 
> A wonderful moment! Maybe now she will be more interested in her Duplo.
> 
> My mother-in-law told me I shouldn't build Lego in front of my daughter. She
> thinks my massive colour coordinated, SNOT, themed and witty creations will give
> my daughter an inferiority complex and stunt her Lego development.
> 
> Does anyone have an opinion on this? Does excessive AFOL enthusiasm cause
> problems for the kids?

I don't know ... but I would think the exact opposite. I think it would
stimulate her growth and development, and help her see the bricks in a
non-traditional studs-up fashion. She'll grow to have better building skills
than a child not exposed to your advanced techniques.

You might even create an AFOL out of her in the long run :-)

-Tim



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Yesterday was a wonderful first for our family. My 20 month-old daughter attached 2 2*4 bricks together for the first time! Its great to see the delighted look on her face when I open the box of basic bricks with its bags of pretty colours, the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)

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