For example, the pirate was tired so needed to be tucked into his bed. Once he had achieved this (or as much as he could with the little ones stealing some of the pieces) he began to use the character pieces to act out scenarios. He wanted to make his LEGO DUPLO look like the pictures he saw. Hamish began to use the instructions and the picture on the box to guide his play. I found it very interesting to compare the way that a four year old plays with LEGO DUPLO compared to the two year olds. They use role play and act out different scenarios to learn about the world around them, confront scary or difficult situations, develop social skills and consolidate other important “real-life” skills. We mostly focused on building stories and making adventures using famous screen favourites to play out stories and create new ones. This set even has exactly the same little red boat that I played with. It took me right back to the Christmas days of my childhood. I must admit that I felt very nostalgic opening up the package. I was so glad to reply that LEGO DUPLO is for everybody. Hamish asked if this was boys’ or girls’ LEGO DUPLO. When they saw that this was a Jake the Pirate/Peter Pan themed set they couldn’t believe their eyes. You should have seen the look on the childrens’ faces when the LEGO DUPLO arrived! They have been playing with the 1980s LEGO DUPLO (it mainly contains farm animals, the little square people, planes, boats and cars and, of course, hundreds of blocks). You can sit still and build towers and buildings or you can build a plane and fly it around the room. I think this is because you can play with LEGO DUPLO in so many different ways. LEGO DUPLO is one of the only activities they will play at for a decent amount of time. They are all very active boys and find it hard to stay still and play at one activity. Toby and Cormac are 2 years old (28 months to be exact) and are fraternal twins. Hamish is four and currently attends four year old kinder. When this opportunity to test and review LEGO DUPLO came up I jumped at the chance to give my children a chance to play with a new and different set. I love that they are playing with the same LEGO that my husband played with his whole childhood. It caters to every level of childhood development. ![]() LEGO has to be the greatest toy of all time. LEGO DUPLO is definitely a product that meets all these requirements, and I will have no issues in recommending this in the future if asked. It is a product that will not get old and cracked, and will most likely like its earlier models get passed from generation to generation.Īs a parent in this day and age, I look for something that is worth the money, will last the distance, will not break easily (if ever), and appeals to a child’s senses. Based on everything that I have observed, I would definitely (if the price was right) purchase future LEGO DUPLO products for my daughter, current baby and friends kids. It made me realise as a parent, that children are not limited to what is in front of them, and will be able to adapt to any situation, if given the chance. The design of the bricks meant they are nice and easy for little hands and big hands alike to handle, and are easy to stack on top of each other, without having to force the bricks together.Īll in all I think this product is GREAT, it appeals to children’s sense of awareness, and opens their mind as to what is possible. Through playing with this product, I found my daughter is a lot more advanced in learning than I first thought, I would go to hand her a ‘red brick’ and say things like “here is the blue brick” and she was quick to tell me that no that was actually red. ![]() I would ask her to hand me a ‘pink brick’ and she was quickly able to identify amongst the colours which one was pink, or I would ask her to count the blue bricks and she was able to do this with ease. ![]() Initial thoughts about this product were great, the packaging was very eye catching, and my daughter couldn’t wait to open the box.
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