Blocks

Blocks are wonderful. My daughter creates tall towers, small towers, wide towers, and narrow towers, and she calls them cities, hotels, houses, or the names of stores that we regularly shop at. Sometimes it is just about the process of building (and "knocking") and sometimes her Lego people or stuffed animals inhabit her structures for stories and make-believe. Sometimes she sorts colors and sizes and shapes of blocks. Sometimes she makes patterns. Sometimes it's a solitary activity and other times she engages Mom and Dad. The same pieces knocked down, repurposed, and reorganized become new structures, new toys. Toys of her design and imagination.