How Block Play Contributes to Spatial and Mathematical Skills

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Research on block play supports a strong relationship between building skills and spatial and mathematical skills. A study by the Journal of Cognition and Development examines whether 3-year-olds’ block-building behaviors and structural complexity during structured block play related to overall accuracy on the building task and predicted spatial or mathematical skills at ages 4 and 5 above and beyond accuracy on the block-building task.

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Learn more by reading the study, Associations of 3-Year-Olds’ Block-Building Complexity with Later Spatial and Mathematical Skills.

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