Perspecto Set

The scope and sequence of this program is phenomenal. Using just eighteen blocks, your children will experiment with construction, geometry, logical analysis, perspective, design, and spatial logic. Spatial proficiencies are vital for everyone, but today's sedentary children often lack a natural way to develop these abilities.

Using eighteen sturdy, precisely-cut, solid plastic blocks, your children build the structures illustrated. Each successive structure is more complex to build and more difficult to balance, requiring the use of fine motor skills, creativity, and perseverance. As an educational bonus, while accomplishing these tasks, children will subconsciously be experimenting with basic concepts of geometry and balance. While the beginning pages may be easy enough for a four-year-old, the more difficult pages will challenge any adult.

Perspecto is the most challenging book in the Equilibrio series. Given an illustration that mimics what you would see through a camera's viewfinder and the type and number of blocks required, your child will be asked to construct a three-dimensional structure that conforms to the image. As he works through the exercise and the illustrations become increasingly difficult, your child will be given additional views of each illustration for help and clarity. Answers are included for the faint of heart, but participants are encouraged to develop perseverance with the goal of increasing these necessary skills. If this doesn't give your child a profound understanding of perspective, depth, and geometric forms, then I don't know what will. Includes the Perspecto book and one set of blocks.