Welcome to a world where playtime isn’t just fun—it’s a chance to supercharge your little one’s learning! With Biggo’s extra large building blocks, you can transform any room into a mini classroom filled with color, creativity, and hands-on learning. This guide will show you how to use these jumbo-sized blocks to help your child master the basics of shapes, colors, and numbers—all while having a blast!
1. Shape Sorting: Building a Strong Foundation in Geometry
Let’s kick things off with a shape-tastic activity! To teach kids about shapes, start by laying out some Biggo Blocks in different shapes like squares, rectangles, and circles. You can even arrange these shapes into a fun maze or tower to make it extra engaging.
What to Do: Place different shaped building blocks around a play area and ask your child to find specific shapes. For example, “Can you find a square block?”
Learning Outcome: This simple game reinforces shape recognition and helps with spatial awareness as your child identifies and categorizes each block they find.
Pro Tip: Use a colorful mat or a poster with shape outlines, and have your child match each block to the corresponding shape. You’ll see those little eyes light up when they make a perfect match!
2. Color Recognition: Building a Rainbow of Learning
Kids are naturally drawn to bright colors, and Biggo’s extra large building blocks are perfect for grabbing their attention. Use these vibrant blocks to teach basic color recognition by grouping them together or building towers in different hues.
What to Do: Challenge your child to build a tower using only one color. If you have single color sets from Biggo, this activity becomes even easier! Once they’ve built one, ask them to create another tower using a different color.
Learning Outcome: This activity helps kids distinguish between colors and strengthens their ability to categorize objects by visual attributes.
Pro Tip: Expand the activity by having your child create patterns like “yellow-red-yellow” to introduce them to sequencing—a key math skill!
3. Number Sense: Stack, Count, and Build
Want to make counting fun? Try incorporating numbers into your building sessions! Count aloud as you stack blocks together or create small groups of blocks for a visual representation of each number.
What to Do: Build a “train” using blocks, with each train car representing a number from 1 to 10. Stack the corresponding number of blocks for each train car (e.g., 1 block for the first car, 2 blocks for the second car, etc.).
Learning Outcome: This helps kids understand the concept of quantity and reinforces basic counting skills.
Pro Tip: Get creative with colors and shapes in each train car. Ask questions like, “How many yellow blocks are in this car?” to weave in color recognition, too!
4. Pattern Play: Creating Sequences and Predicting What’s Next
Pattern recognition is a critical early math skill, and Biggo Blocks make it easy to create engaging visual patterns that kids can replicate. Start with simple sequences like alternating colors or shapes, and then gradually increase the complexity.
What to Do: Build a pattern using three jumbo blocks, such as “red-blue-red.” Show it to your child, then scramble the blocks and ask them to rebuild the pattern.
Learning Outcome: This activity enhances memory, logic, and critical thinking as kids practice recognizing and recreating patterns.
Pro Tip: Use this as a stepping stone to more complex patterns and sequences. Once your child masters three-block patterns, move on to four or more!
5. Creative Storytelling: Building Imagination and Language Skills
Block play isn’t just about learning shapes, colors, and numbers—it’s also a fantastic way to nurture creativity and storytelling skills. Encourage your child to use Biggo’s extra large building blocks to build a setting for a story, like a castle, zoo, or even a race track.
What to Do: Ask your child to build a scene using the blocks, then tell a story about what’s happening in that scene. For example, if they build a zoo, prompt them with, “Who lives in this zoo? What do they like to do?”
Learning Outcome: This activity boosts language development, creativity, and social skills as kids think through their ideas and articulate them.
Pro Tip: Join in on the storytelling fun! Building a story together not only enhances learning but also strengthens your bond with your child.
Get Creative with Extra Large Building Blocks for Maximum Learning!
With Biggo’s extra large building blocks, you’re not just playing—you’re setting the stage for countless learning experiences that your child will remember for years to come. From mastering shapes and colors to building number sense and developing storytelling skills, these blocks make every learning moment fun and memorable. And if you need specific colors or shapes for your activities, check out the new single color sets from Biggo Blocks to customize your collection!
Ready to turn playtime into learning time? Let’s get building!
