Donate your Gently Used or New Lego Sets to the Anza Valley Library

The Anza Valley Community Library needs your gently used or brand new Lego sets and unique pieces for the local children and community to use while at the library.

The Anza Library currently borrows a small set of Legos from another library but would like its own set.

Playing with Legos promotes 5 Major skills:

• Sensory Skills: In the early ages of life, most learning happens through the senses. A child observes the surroundings, reacts to voices and smells, and adopts the basic understanding of object permanence and other concepts. Legos stimulate the sense of touch.

• Motor Skills: After the sensory skills, motor skills are the most important thing. A child learns how to hold, grasp and attach materials. Legos give an experience of learning through concrete objects while developing better functions of movement and muscles and increasing motor activity.

• Cognitive Skills: Along with the ability to do physical work, a person needs to think correctly and smartly. Interacting with Legos stimulates creativity, the functions of creating new models and aligning pieces in multiple shapes and structures. Legos also help a child understand how everything makes up from the basics and progresses over time.

• Problem-solving: Another significant skill set an individual needs is the ability to solve problems. While playing with legos, a child faces minor challenges, like having two pieces that do not go together. Upon practicing, a child gets better at merging the structures and finding the right connections. This ability intrigues the insights and expands the solution circles of the mind.

• Organization and uniformity: Children learn color names with Legos while placing things in the correct spots and sorting colors that go together.

If you could donate new or previously loved Lego sets, please drop them off at the Anza Community Library at 57430 Mitchell Rd. The library has its own separate entrance on the East side of the main high school building.

(951) 763-4216 The library’s hours are Thursday and Friday 4-7 pm, Saturday 10-4 pm and Sunday 12-4 pm.

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