I’m a hands-on dad. I enjoy providing my children with lots of experiential learning activities to foster their wonder, interests, and development. I also like spending quality time with other great dads which resulted in our latest NYC Dads Group excursion. The NYC Dads and Kids build together with Magformers meetup, set in the stunningly exuberant Kidville’s “Happy Kids, Happy Families” play facility was a child-friendly, synergistically cognitive engineering experience that rocked mental cradles for both babes and dads in toy-land. In a word equation, Magformers = Megafun!
This is a story how about 15 dads rolled up their sleeves, got down on the floor with their little ones and imagined, created, and constructed sleek vehicles, princess castles, skyscrapers, and obscure three-dimensional objects. So, what are Magformers?
Magformers are simple, geometric, colorful plastic forms that interconnect using incorporated magnets on all sides enabling the creation of the most stunning, simple-to-complex engineering structures imagined. Or, at least fellow NYC Dads Group dads thought so, as we all sat on the rug just having a blast with our children and each other. No child was left behind. Regardless of age or gender, everyone frolicked amidst the sea of Magformers building sets and the endless creative possibilities realized. Wow, what a cool NYC Dads event!
Another dad-friend (Fei-Lu) that attended the play experience with me said, “for my daughter, the best part was taking one of the Magformers building sets home. She constantly plays with them nearly everyday and it’s the type of toy that grows with your child and their imaginations … and that is priceless.”
About the author
Gregg Jobson-Larkin is a proud father of three children and active member of the NYC Dads Group, living in New York with his family.
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