Toddlers and preschoolers love playing with blocks. In addition to developing motor skills and hand-eye coordination, block play can also help foster creativity, enhance problem-solving ability and ...

Pirate ships, bridges, flowers, dinosaurs, cars, castles, trains, tents, campfires, palm trees and house. What do they have in common? A child’s imagination, sparked by block play. With UNICEF support ...

It’s a well-documented fact that architects love playing with toy blocks as much as kids do. But do they play with them differently compared with other adults? In the new book Let’s Play, artistic ...

Semi-structured block play among preschool-age children has the potential to improve two skills – mathematics and executive functioning – critical to kindergarten readiness, according a new study by ...

If you liked to play with LEGOs or Lincoln Logs as a child, you might be a bit put off by all the virtual game play out there. If so, you’ll be happy with the products that Sifteo is making. They’re ...

Parents and researchers have long speculated that play with construction toys might offer a rich environment that would support later learning in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics ...

LAS VEGAS -- Tired of playing endless sessions of Spider Solitaire on your laptop? Fear not, weary game enthusiasts. MIT Media Lab alums Jeevan Kalanithi and David Merrill have a solution that blends ...

While playing a video game on my mobile device, I saw an ad for a game called Block Blast. The premise of Block Blast is that there is an 8×8 square, and you are given three blocks to fit within the ...