Block Art

Michael & Jack really enjoy these solid maple blocks. The earlier creations, hotels (an unremarkable Four Seasons went up near our house) or churches (buildings he routinely enters), now giving way to "compounds" - a testimony to sprawling LA?

This Playmobil queen spends time in the kitchen
(Michael drew her majesty's two-burner stove)

The knights dump their gear on the floor.

Religious art

Mom & Dad with raised arms

Simba & Jack's "Man" find a niche, as well.

There is, apparently, a new theory in child development, suggesting that boys being more successful at mathematics may be related to early tactile play with heavy items, such as blocks - an early wiring for abstraction. Then, again, I think some guys just go into actual construction. Reminded me of Lawrence Sommers' (possibly the new Treasury Secretary) controversial remarks concerning women and math, during his brief tenure as Harvard's president.