well yesterday I sat at the table with them with some traditional blocks and they did play for them a little bit, but it was interesting HOW my three year old used them. First she made three little houses then acted out the Three Pigs again and again in different ways, then used a big flat bowl and put different blocks in there in different ways and had them represent things: three standing blocks were three rooms, then small blocks were different characters, etc. She basically used them the way she uses figurines and Playdough (to illustrate stories) which are the types of toy she likes the best. In a way I think it was good for her because she had to really stretch her imagination to think of blocks as pigs. I am not going to force things on her though. I'll check into some other building things and put them out and let her do whatever she wants with them. She is too strong willed and stubborn for me to make her do anything anyway!
