If you had the time and money to waste on buying your seeds an educational toy I am suggesting that you copp them an Automoblox toy kit. I got hip to these toys walking through the yuppified Park Slope Brooklyn neighborhood where Chocolate Snowflake volunteers at a food co-operative.
The Automoblox toys are considered ‘smart toys’ like most building block sets are. They help kids develop their cognitive problem solving abilities as well as their motor skills and spatial relationships. In other words, kids learn how to put shit together and how parts interact and relate with one another. Plus, their toy kicks major ass.
My mother credited my drawing capabilities with the fact that I played with wooden blocks for five or six years. Well up until my twenties. Nahh, but seriously, goal-oriented problem solving with play a part in helping a child build their sense of self-esteem and confidence. Also I think these motor skills are important and shouldn’t only be strengthened through video game play.
We are almost at the point where people can’t assemble the shit that comes from IKEA. This isn’t a good thing for our society and bridges will continue to fall if no one ever learns how to build them or is even encouraged in that direction. Playing with Automoblox will not make your child an engineer, but it will definitely be a stepping stone for his or her development and learning. Plus, they will get a kick ass car to play with.
