Tell Mega Bloks the ways you make learning fun for your children - £300 voucher to be won NOW CLOSED

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There’s no doubt that your children think playing is great fun, but they might not always feel quite the same about learning. Mega Bloks would like to hear about the games you play with your children that might sneakily teach them things they’ll need to know in the future, or the techniques you’ve developed to make learning fun for your children.

Here’s what Mega Bloks have to say: “Every parent wants what’s best for their children. They want to build them up, and so do we at Mega Bloks. The block scooping wagon helps your DC reach important physical milestones, such as developing balance, co-ordination and motor skills. In stacking tall towers, children learn to develop their creativity. In telling stories with characters, they’re exploring their imaginations. And in building make-believe worlds where they can be the hero, they’re also building up the confidence to be anything!”

See the Mega Bloks block scooping wagon in action below:

So, whether you pretend to be at the supermarket and teach them how to count change or get them to learn about road signs while playing with cars, share your ways of getting your child to enjoy learning, or to make playing educational for their future.

All those who post a comment below will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 Toys R Us voucher.

Thanks, and good luck with the prize draw!

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Turn it all into games so they don't know they're learning!A great one is to do some numbered lanes. Drive the car into lane number 5, now park the next car into lane number 7!

my little boy loves lego so we learn maths through counting lego pieces and how many would be have left if i took 2 pieces away. It makes maths fun for him x

I think it's important to remember learning can be anything you do. From when you get their clothes out talking about the colours of them or counting how many spots a t-shirt has on it to playing games that encourage taking turns.

With my 4 year old I tend to let him have a bit of a free rein within limits - ie it has to be safe.

We do cooking and he will help me.
Crafts
Games
singing and dancing
pet care (we have a lizard names boycie)
reading a book
talking lots and lots
jigsaws
colouring etc

I think the best way to make it fun is to try let them do it their way not tell them they are doing it the wrong way and try to correct them, if they want a pair of underpants to be a hat then thats ok!

I always ask my son questions when we're playing about colours and shapes and what he can see when we go on walks.

By playing a treasure hunt game and gradually making the hiding places harder to see to improve attention and observation

Building shapes out of lego helped my daughter to learn to recognise them.

I get them to use their maths skills by working out which product is cheapest in the supermarket and showing them how much we can save!

Lots of counting when playing with building blocks etc

We sing songs with numbers and letters to try and help them pick it up.

learning through fun and games and using their imagination and curiousity

When we were kids, our Mum painted one of the kitchen walls with blackboard paint, and we used to practise writing with pretty chalks, I have the same at home now, and the DC's always want to write, draw, or leave notes for each other, homework is worked out on the wall too! :)

My daughter loves building blocks, we count them and build towers and she also likes to learn about the colours

Our children love the outdoors so we try to do as much learning as possible outdoors.

By only doing it for a short time, but regularly.
I try and make things feel more fun - so when we did maths sums recently, he was a secret agent, cracking a code. That way he gets more engaged!

I use cooking to help with maths. Get me 2 eggs .... we need to leave this for 5 minutes now. etc etc x

I bought a microscope and we studied - nits!

my ds is only 4 - stickers still do it for him!
And a bit of basic reverse psychology: "I bet you can't do this" :-D

Playtime has to be fun, and I think imagination is the most important factor. Whether it's a pillowcase on your head and you're a princess bride, or building a block tower as a castle, it has to be fun and imaginative :)