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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sophie Brickman

My kids love building blocks. Here’s why experts say playing with them is crucial

‘Block building has been linked to nearly every possible pre-school readiness skill: math, spatial awareness, cooperating, verbal ability.’
‘Block building has been linked to nearly every possible pre-school readiness skill: math, spatial awareness, cooperating, verbal ability.’ Photograph: Chamila Karunarathne/EPA

David Beckham apparently unwinds at the end of a long day by playing with Lego, which he’ll do until the wee hours – two, three, four in the morning. “It relaxes me,” he said during an interview.

It’s something I thought about a lot earlier this year, as my family existed in the perpetual, foggy fugue state otherwise known as “everyone got Covid the day before we were supposed to go on our first family vacation in more than two years, and so now we’re stuck in our apartment and can’t leave, and we thought this was over, already”.

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