Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 16:34     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Lego is basically paint by numbers with blocks if you're just building the kits. My kids build them, then are encouraged to take them apart or add to them with their own creations.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 16:06     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:People are awfully sensitive to the criticism about creativity and lego kits. It's been discussed for decades. I mean I guess you can keep on arguing anecdotes against studies, but your anecdote doesn't change research.


This is DCUM. Most folks here have been raised on the idea that Good Parents buy More, More, More for their kids, and the idea that they've fallen for marketing and their kids might not be benefiting from their well-intentioned yet lavish consumption is a very threatening one. Just look at how angry people get on the threads where it's pointed out that homework isn't beneficial to young children or that there aren't any long-term advantages in learning to read early. Anxious wealthy Moms want to believe that they're preparing their children to Get Ahead and Win Life, and here you go bringing research into this.


Arguing like some are that lego sets kill creativity is absolutely absurd and quite laughable.

Is free play MORE creative? Of course.

But anyone who knows anything about children knows that to state building a lego set kills creativity is just silly.

Lego sets do not kill creativity.

The kids are imagining things as they build the sets, stretching their minds and seeing things in different ways which becomes a springboard for more creativity.



We like sets but this is a bit of a stretch. You get good marks on creativity though.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 16:03     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People are awfully sensitive to the criticism about creativity and lego kits. It's been discussed for decades. I mean I guess you can keep on arguing anecdotes against studies, but your anecdote doesn't change research.


This is DCUM. Most folks here have been raised on the idea that Good Parents buy More, More, More for their kids, and the idea that they've fallen for marketing and their kids might not be benefiting from their well-intentioned yet lavish consumption is a very threatening one. Just look at how angry people get on the threads where it's pointed out that homework isn't beneficial to young children or that there aren't any long-term advantages in learning to read early. Anxious wealthy Moms want to believe that they're preparing their children to Get Ahead and Win Life, and here you go bringing research into this.


Arguing like some are that lego sets kill creativity is absolutely absurd and quite laughable.

Is free play MORE creative? Of course.

But anyone who knows anything about children knows that to state building a lego set kills creativity is just silly.

Lego sets do not kill creativity.

The kids are imagining things as they build the sets, stretching their minds and seeing things in different ways which becomes a springboard for more creativity.

Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 15:58     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Creativity by its very nature is subjective.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 15:49     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People are awfully sensitive to the criticism about creativity and lego kits. It's been discussed for decades. I mean I guess you can keep on arguing anecdotes against studies, but your anecdote doesn't change research.


This is DCUM. Most folks here have been raised on the idea that Good Parents buy More, More, More for their kids, and the idea that they've fallen for marketing and their kids might not be benefiting from their well-intentioned yet lavish consumption is a very threatening one. Just look at how angry people get on the threads where it's pointed out that homework isn't beneficial to young children or that there aren't any long-term advantages in learning to read early. Anxious wealthy Moms want to believe that they're preparing their children to Get Ahead and Win Life, and here you go bringing research into this.


That was actually my first post in the thread. I really remember these discussions from college, my focus was developmental psychology. If we're going to argue anecdotes though I can throw in that my kid's art teacher (studio, not school) is extremely anti coloring books and stressing staying in the lines. They stunt creativity.

I have a kid in K. The reading thing is annoying me right now. They are hardcore pushing reading levels and I'm like they're five and six...they shouldn't know what a reading level is.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 15:47     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Anonymous wrote:People are awfully sensitive to the criticism about creativity and lego kits. It's been discussed for decades. I mean I guess you can keep on arguing anecdotes against studies, but your anecdote doesn't change research.


How does one legitamately research creativity in kids?

The idea that this can be researched is flawed to begin with.

It is all opinion based, not science.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 15:46     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Anonymous wrote:People are awfully sensitive to the criticism about creativity and lego kits. It's been discussed for decades. I mean I guess you can keep on arguing anecdotes against studies, but your anecdote doesn't change research.


How does one legitamately research creativity in kids?

The idea that this can be researched is flawed to begin with.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 15:35     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Anonymous wrote:People are awfully sensitive to the criticism about creativity and lego kits. It's been discussed for decades. I mean I guess you can keep on arguing anecdotes against studies, but your anecdote doesn't change research.


This is DCUM. Most folks here have been raised on the idea that Good Parents buy More, More, More for their kids, and the idea that they've fallen for marketing and their kids might not be benefiting from their well-intentioned yet lavish consumption is a very threatening one. Just look at how angry people get on the threads where it's pointed out that homework isn't beneficial to young children or that there aren't any long-term advantages in learning to read early. Anxious wealthy Moms want to believe that they're preparing their children to Get Ahead and Win Life, and here you go bringing research into this.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 15:19     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
People are awfully sensitive to the criticism about creativity and lego kits. It's been discussed for decades. I mean I guess you can keep on arguing anecdotes against studies, but your anecdote doesn't change research.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 15:11     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These kits are killing the creativity right out of our kids.

Have her design her own hotel with the pieces in whatever order she wants to use them.

I disagree. My DS loves building kits with DH and me; it's a fun thing to do together, practicing following directions, attention to detail, sequencing, and describing the pieces you'd like your partner to give you.

After we build a set and show it off, DS "gets creative" with it, changing and adapting it however he would like. We have a big box of "creative" legos for that purpose, as well as building things from scratch. It doesn't have to be either-or.


Can I ask how old your son is? Mine isn't there yet but I think he would LOVE this as he gets a bit bigger.

He's 5.5. We started out with the creative box of random pieces about a year or so ago, and we've been adding to it as he gets sets. Right now, one of his favorites is a Star Wars troop transporter with random blue and pink bits, wings in crazy places, a few flowers, and minifigs with three heads on top of each other.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 14:51     Subject: Re:Lego Friends Hotel fail
Anonymous wrote:I almost feel like this is troll post because I can't imagine anyone who works with kids actually doing this. It would be like going to work and finding that your assistant had cleaned your office by taking every single sheet of paper out of every file and mixing them all together in a giant bin.


I was guessing it was more of a cleaning lady instead of nanny. Our cleaning people shove all toys that are out into a single bin when they are here. Good incentive for our kids to clean up!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 14:43     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Find most of the pieces and encourage her to substitute the missing ones. If this won't do, you can buy any individual Lego piece on Ebay.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 14:38     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These kits are killing the creativity right out of our kids.

Have her design her own hotel with the pieces in whatever order she wants to use them.


My kids build the sets, but also build their own creations. I disagree that they're killing creativity.


The kits are. Not the building their own creations.


Besides not having elementary kids, I am also getting the impression that you are not a very artistic/creative person.

The sets and instructions are wonderful at helping to build creativity.


https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-candy/201506/building-lego-kit-instructions-makes-kids-less-creative


Sorry.

Disagree entirely.

I am a very artistic person and work in a very ceaative field.

I also have a great dwal of experience with actual real.life kids vs some theory by a blogger.


I'm thinking that you don't have a great deal of experience with reading because if you did, you'd see that the blog post cites an actual study that was done. It's even in the first sentence. Here's another article citing the same study:
https://bus.wisc.edu/knowledge-expertise/newsroom/press-releases/2015/07/23/are-legos-stifling-creativity
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 14:31     Subject: Re:Lego Friends Hotel fail
I almost feel like this is troll post because I can't imagine anyone who works with kids actually doing this. It would be like going to work and finding that your assistant had cleaned your office by taking every single sheet of paper out of every file and mixing them all together in a giant bin.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 13:51     Subject: Lego Friends Hotel fail
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These kits are killing the creativity right out of our kids.

Have her design her own hotel with the pieces in whatever order she wants to use them.

I disagree. My DS loves building kits with DH and me; it's a fun thing to do together, practicing following directions, attention to detail, sequencing, and describing the pieces you'd like your partner to give you.

After we build a set and show it off, DS "gets creative" with it, changing and adapting it however he would like. We have a big box of "creative" legos for that purpose, as well as building things from scratch. It doesn't have to be either-or.


Can I ask how old your son is? Mine isn't there yet but I think he would LOVE this as he gets a bit bigger.