Construction, Building Sets & Blocks

  Construction, Building Sets & Blocks


  This group of Toys & Games is a piece of small materials or block or brick that can combine a variety shape of model . There are many construction sets produced by toys manufacture company.
   We can categorize construction sets by their shape and joint method as detail below 
   1. Categorize building blocks by joint method
        1.1  No connection such as 
              - Toy block 
              - Anchor stone blocks . made in Germany combination of chalk, quartz sand,and linseed oil .
              - Kapla . Block made of wood.
        1.2  Sleeves  such as  capsela  
        1.3  Notches  such as 
             - lincoin logs
             - GIK  
        1.4 Studs
             - Coko , lego sets was produced in china by Coko toys
             - Raski , construction brick made of plastic.
             - Tente
             - Lego
             - Mega Blok
             - Etc.
   2. Panels . Such as meccano , steel tec , Jove , etc
   3. Struts , and connected by nodes .
        3.1 C.nodes.
        3.2 D4 . nodes..
        3.3 Oh. nodes.
        3.4  Etc  
    The most famous construction sets are Lego sets . Everyone like them . They stimulate imagination of player . Lego sets was original in Denmark. They have spread all over the world because of their benefits.
    Although construction sets are one type of toys and games but there are many benefits of play. For example 
      1. By playing together with child's friend is method to improve social skill. Children learn to share idea , feeling , improve working as a team.
      2.While children are putting the construction pieces together , They improve their fine motor skills , hand-eye coordination , etc .  These skills are basic for doing ordinary work in life such as writing , grasp ,etc. 
      3. Building a model or robot  with construction toys improve children's imaginative skill. They must fit their imaginative model  with real model. They must place a right piece in right position .

      4. Children build a model by themselves . Success of  work will promote their self-confidence .
      5 Success of work will help children make harder work.including real work .



   Reference 
   1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_set 
   2.http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/5-Educational-Benefits-Of-Rokenbok-Construction-Toys/865499