The benefits of blocks are primarily that they enhance
a. large and small muscle development involved in lifting, bending, stretching, reaching, manipulating, and balancing blocks.
b. cognitive concepts, because blocks naturally promote matching, noting similarities and differences, comparison, and addition/subtraction.
c. creativity as children build a variety of structures and patterns, role-play, or engage in problem solving.
d. All of these answers.
ANS: D
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