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Create and Play

Children love to play. They love to play games or with their toys. 

Children love to create. They like to imagine, create, make and build.

If you can combine the two - they create/build and play with it - the joy is exponential. And thats why Lego is such a favourite from generations. 

Stage 1: Make what is mentioned in the instruction book. (We called it the idea book)
Stage 2: Dismantle it and play with your imagination but keep bricks from the newest set safe.
Stage 3: Mix everything, make whatever you please and create your own stories.
Stage 4: Learn advanced techniques from websites, youtubers and Lego experts
Stage 5: Create your own things using advanced techniques

Whatever stage you are at, the fact is that at each stage, you can create AND play. And that is why Lego is superior to other toys. You build and then you play. Over time the children learn to "make", use their hands to draw, paint, build and other things than just be passive consumers of entertainment/edutainment. 

Yes in other toys there is some amount of creation, but Lego is simply a word apart I feel. This is just my experience. 
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