Children’s play preferences, construction play with blocks, and visual-spatial skills: Are they related

Fifty-one preschoolers ’ play preferences, skills at assembling block struc-tures, and spatial abilities were recorded in this study. There were no sex differences in children’s visual-spatial skills, and play with art materials and children’s free and structured play with blocks were related to spatial visualisation. Two patterns emerged from the ndings: (1) activity and Requests for reprints should be sent to Yvonne M. Caldera, Department of Huma