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I am sorry to say this, but the toy stage is probably over for him. Once you can build anything in Minecraft, Lego just seems tedious, don't you think? Although I do feel physically putting something together is very satisfying but Minecraft can do so much more. Even some of the robot toys that are very expensive doesn't really hold someone's interests for too long. They simply don't do as much as an app would do. If he wants to learn coding, he will have to code and no toys can really teach that.

I think board games may still be your best bets if you want him to be off the screen. The games need to be engaging and you also at least several kids and adults. My son was with a social skill group for a while and they use board games as the setting for social interactions. He loved that group.