I played with lego all the time as a kid, but my sons (7 and 5) prefer to follow instructions than to free-play. Once they've lost the right bits in the big bin of lego and can't quickly follow the instructions they're bored with it. They put together the really expensive train set in a very short space of time at Christmas and haven't touched it since. I need to get the instructions off the internet and box them all up again for them!!! (Might save buying birthday presents for them for a while!)
I played with lego all the time as a kid, but my sons (7 and 5) prefer to follow instructions than to free-play. Once they've lost the right bits in the big bin of lego and can't quickly follow the instructions they're bored with it. They put together the really expensive train set in a very short space of time at Christmas and haven't touched it since. I need to get the instructions off the internet and box them all up again for them!!! (Might save buying birthday presents for them for a while!)