Learning traffic rules with blocks

Table of contents

• 1. Start by having fun building
• 2. Match blocks to toddler's abilities

Start by having fun building

Any knowledge is much easier to absorb if it is given in an accessible form. Children are happiest to learn through play, because then they do not feel forced to do anything, and most often they do not even realize how many different skills they are developing. Before explaining to children how to behave on the road, it is worth focusing on the fun itself. Vehicles will be necessary for the conversation, on which we will more easily explain many different aspects of moving on the road. Children will be happy to build cars, motorcycles, excavators or bicycles, as long as they have the right set of bricks, equipped primarily with wheels. The variety of available models will allow you to match the most suitable one to the age and gender of the toddler. However, we should not succumb to stereotypes in this case. It is worth encouraging girls to play with vehicles as well, so that they too can learn the important rules of the road.

Match blocks to toddler's abilities

Learning the rules of the road through play can begin as early as when a child is two years old. A prop useful for such learning will certainly be a set of as many as forty Go Go vehicles, made of large fragments that a toddler is sure not to swallow. The varied elements, which include cars, trains and construction vehicles, will keep the child's attention for a long time and encourage him to listen to the basic rules of walking with mom, dad or grandma. Older children, on the other hand, will definitely like the more complicated sets, which require more involvement in creating vehicles from smaller pieces.