Every child love building toys. Apart from being fun, these toys help children develop imagination, creativity, and even social skill. Building toys teach children how things fit together and what makes things work efficiently to make functional whole. Children are motivated when they create object with their own hand and they will remember it.

Building toys gives children a unique combination of challenges and practical experiences.  We remember things we learn from active process better than things we are told passively. Learning and making is the best way to acquire and improve skills. And Lego still the leader for this category.

Lego actually is a toy company originally and based in Denmark. That’s why the product officially became known as Lego. Lego consist of colorful interlocking plastic brick and an accompanying array of gears, mini figures and various other parts. Lego bricks can be assembled and connected in many ways to construct such objects as vehicles, buildings and even working robots.  

Lego provide fresh ideas to children of all ages, stimulate them to be creative and teach them to be confident with what they have accomplished. Kids also tend to play with Lego with different design and built over and over again.

The Lego building brick come with various themed and design series of sets. Most of them cater to a particular age group to help engage children at every stage.

One of the well known Series is Lego Duplo that specially made for toddlers with age ranging from 1.5 – 5 years old. The pieces are larger and allow young kids to play with brick with their little hand. The collection has evolved to different Lego brick sets including train sets, dinosaur, farm, truck themes and more.

Preschooler can play with the Lego basic brick.  The famous themes for this age group include town and city, castles, dinosaurs, various transportations, construction set and more.

As your child starts school they will need more challenging and advance Lego project. They will love to make more specific object such as cars, trucks, boats and Building. Theme like Cargo Plane, Police Helicopter and construction vehicle are the favorite for children in this age group.

Older children will need more complicated project to build. With many types of Lego toys, Lego Star Wars happens to be an obvious best-seller. The combination of a world-class toy company and the all-time favorite movie of most people are so irresistible. Another series is bionicle,

The Lego range has expanded to encompass accessory motors, gears, lights, sensors, and cameras designed to be used with Lego components. There are even special bricks, like the Lego NXT that can be programmed with a PC or a Mac to perform very complicated and useful tasks. These programmable bricks are sold under the name Lego Mindstorms.

Fostering creativity and learning are two of Lego primary goals. Shop by age and find the right children toys for your little ones.