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In a message dated 5/16/03 9:47:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pennacres@... writes:

> Right now they are building and playing -what is available that would add
> interest for them? Someone mentioned Lego magazines? Anything else out
> there?

<A HREF="http://www.lego.com/eng/">http://www.lego.com/eng/</A>

Great site for "lead ins", story lines, playing games.. My boys love it..
Also some Lego software is good too.. lots to choose from

Teresa


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Grace Penno

Hi. Lego question. Our 7 yr old going on 8 girls asked for Lego for Xmas and got a tub of assorted pieces from a cousin. two base plates and three Harry Potter small sets from us. Have not played with it a lot. Right now they are building and playing -what is available that would add interest for them? Someone mentioned Lego magazines? Anything else out there? They dont know anyone who plays Lego-they said their cousin their age builds it but doesnt play. They get deeply into barbie-animal games.They
love "lead ins" for their games. They are building right now but usually abandon it in favor of "ready to go" characters. Do most boys like the building part more than the "story making part"?
grace
{Miss Frizzle says "Take Chances-Get Messy-Make Mistakes"}


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Olga

Right now both boys prefer to play with the set up Legos (i.e: Harry
Potter). When something breaks, my 4yo and dh sit together and fix
them. If it is really complicated dh does it and ds will count and
find pieces, etc. If it is easy then we will guide him with the
instruction book. Lately, he has begun to rebuild some as they break
or change them himself. However, most of the time he uses it the
same way he uses all his action figures. I am giving him time and
think the more he interacts with the Legos, the more he will feel
confident in changing things and making more complex ideas. Maybe
they do not feel confident enough to do it on their own yet? My ds
doesn't. He has a regular set that he does not use on his own too
often, he needs interaction for these toys otherwise I think he just
does not know where to begin. Maybe you can try doing some of it
with them to get it started? The Lego magazine is free and they will
send you a catalog for free! Enjoy :)

--- In [email protected], "Grace Penno"
<pennacres@r...> wrote:
> Hi. Lego question. Our 7 yr old going on 8 girls asked for Lego
for Xmas and got a tub of assorted pieces from a cousin. two base
plates and three Harry Potter small sets from us. Have not played
with it a lot. Right now they are building and playing -what is
available that would add interest for them? Someone mentioned Lego
magazines? Anything else out there? They dont know anyone who plays
Lego-they said their cousin their age builds it but doesnt play.
They get deeply into barbie-animal games.They
> love "lead ins" for their games. They are building right now
but usually abandon it in favor of "ready to go" characters. Do most
boys like the building part more than the "story making part"?
> grace
> {Miss Frizzle says "Take Chances-Get Messy-Make Mistakes"}
>
>
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Robin Clevenger

> From: "Grace Penno" <pennacres@...>
>Right now they are building and playing -what is available that would add
interest for them?

Lego does have an entire set now themed for girls, called "Lego Bellville",
but my beef with it is that only some of the stuff is actually Lego blocks,
a lot of it is glorified Barbie. Even better is the old Lego Paradisa, which
you can still get on Ebay. That was mostly true Lego, but in more pinks and
purples and pale yellows and blues, and they had sets like horse stables and
Dolphin Bay and such. I think I'm going to get some for my daughter.

>> They are building right now but usually abandon it in favor of "ready
to go" characters. Do most boys like the building part more than the "story
making part"?

My son plays a lot with the minifigs (little Lego people) and has built an
entire world of their characters. Each of his minifigs has a name, a job,
and specific clothes in this world he's created. I am simply in awe of the
places that Lego has taken him in his creativity. He is an engineer-type of
kid and always designing and building things, but the minifigs have truly
opened up his creative side as well. Most of his friends that are boys
however do not do this, they stick with building space ships or whatever and
the minifigs are just props to fly around in the airplanes. Mackenzie gets
really upset when they come over and take apart his "Ojos" (his world of
people) and put different heads on different people. So sometimes with
certain friends we have to put all the people up. To him, they really are
distinct people, so it's upsetting if they're taken apart. I guess they're
more like dolls in a sense.

Blue Skies!
-Robin-