Lego

[Anonymous]

My 4 year old has been into lego, and I have been helping him a lot with instructions & small parts. So far, we have build some lego cars, gas station, house, restaurant etc. And they are tiny, and he has been playing them on the floor. I am thinking to buy many lego baseplates to build a city for him to play on the table instead of them scattering randomly on the floor. I have stepped on them a couple times, and it hurts so much. What is the good height for table to play legos? Do kids stand to play or sit or kneel to play legos?

I tell DH that I am planning to break them apart into individual zipper bag with instructions 1-2 year after. Each piece we make needs 20-40 tiny lego pieces. When he gets a bit older, he can build them by himself instead of me helping. DH says normally people just display them on the shelf. Really?

[Anonymous]

We store ours by color - after the first time building my instructions, my kids prefer making up their own designs. I am sure some people display them, though - let your kid pick!

[Anonymous]

Our DS (7) is very into legos. We have hundreds of sets and have created a "workstation" for him (used the sterilite bins that have many narrow drawers to sort by color and some bigger drawers to have larger pieces or partially completed sets). We put a piece of wood on top of these units and covered it in contact paper. I did use some command strips to attach base plates to the tabletop so he can create "scenes". We have shelves above for him to display his creations - but he likes to take them down and play with them, take them apart and make new ones.

It has really helped him a lot having a space where he can keep the legos off the floor. We still have issues with legos going out of the area (and occasionally stepping on them!) but for the most part, he has truly enjoyed having a little "work station" that is cut out just for him and it helps to keep things rather organized.

[Anonymous]

DD (7) kneels at our coffee table in the living room to play with Legos. Building at a table while sitting is a pain IMO because when she inevitably drops a piece, she has to get off the chair to retrieve it and get back up. It's easier at a low table.

After she finishes, she displays them, takes them apart, builds her own versions, whatever she feels like. I bought a mix of fabric bins to store everything:
- One small bin for minifigs and their accessories
- One small bin for specialty pieces (wheels, trees, etc.)
- One large bin for standard pieces
- A bunch of large bins for full sets

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD (7) kneels at our coffee table in the living room to play with Legos. Building at a table while sitting is a pain IMO because when she inevitably drops a piece, she has to get off the chair to retrieve it and get back up. It's easier at a low table.

After she finishes, she displays them, takes them apart, builds her own versions, whatever she feels like. I bought a mix of fabric bins to store everything:
- One small bin for minifigs and their accessories
- One small bin for specialty pieces (wheels, trees, etc.)
- One large bin for standard pieces
- A bunch of large bins for full sets

This is a pretty good strategy. My kids like to take the sets back apart. Drives me nuts because I help put the complicated ones together and they take forever to put together.