A couple weeks ago, at my school's family fun night, we were the proud winners of the train themed raffle basket. There was a gift certificate to the train diner, Thomas the train stickers and coloring book, a light up musical bubble train, 2 trains for our train table, a train Lego set, and a few other train items.
The Lego set was labeled 6+ which meant that for our 2 year old, we wouldn't be sitting it in front of him and saying, "have at it!" So today when he spotted it on the counter and wanted to play, my husband sat down with him and helped him assemble the train. From the other room I heard, "Let's do it again!" So by the time I came to see it was disassembled once again. I took over supervising so my husband could do some other things, and I was blown away watching his concentration, his dexterity, his creativity. We often play with the big Lego Duplo blocks, but I've never seen him play with these tiny intricate pieces with such success. Granted, he was not building what the set intended, but far better, was building something from his imagination. I watched his little hands move with purpose, his bottom lip stick just a little further out, which happens when he's very focused, and his dark eyelashes turn down, looking at the pieces on the table. Piece after piece he put them together, "This is the eye." "This goes here." "Oh, where's that little one?" I watched and listened in awe. "If you need help, you need help!" he turned to me and said. "Of course, baby! Do you need some help?" "Nope. If you need help, you need help. I made that up." He responded as he drove his creation over the table. "It's a tugboat!" He explained. If you need help, you need help... a good reminder.
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