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child’s understanding through magnetic building blocks

Classic Building Blocks

Take a look at an age-by-age look at how your child understand the world through magnetic building blocks?

Your child will get to know the world around her with all of her senses. Take a look at an age-by-age look at how your child’s understanding of the world will grow from infancy onward — but keep in mind that every child will develop at a slightly different pace. 

From birth to 2 years, your child may:

  • use all her senses to learn about the world
  • recognize routines and patterns
  • experiment with cause and effect (for example, dropping a bottle)

From 2 to 3 years, your child may:

  • rely increasingly on previous experiences and language to understand the world around him
  • categorize information, depending on experience or language skills (think that “all large four-legged creatures are cows,” for example)

From 3 to 4 years, your child may:

  • grasp cause and effect in a strong, but inaccurate way
  • show competence in her own physical space — by balancing, managing stairs, throwing a ball
  • observe objects and events carefully

From 4 to 5 years, your child may:

  • with his growing language ability and previous experience
  • use her imagination to transform phenomena: “I’m the mommy, you’re the dog”; in playing “dog,” the child shows knowledge of dogs

From 5 to 6 years, your child may:

  • show lots of knowledge about interesting subjects, such as dinosaurs, cars, or space
  • wonder whether things are “true”
  • acquire information from listening, books, television

From 6 to 7 years, your child may:

  • argue with you and friends about cause and effect, and make judgments about things being true or made-up
  • show more interest and openness in the natural phenomena surrounding him, such as weather, water, or soil
  • demonstrate a large vocabulary for describing the natural world