Not construction in the conventional sense, since building Lego structures necessitates us to construct from scratch, let me regale you with my recount of a Lego-based play therapy workshop.

The therapist recommended that we should conduct this with three participants and assign them a role each: engineer, builder and supplier. We were given three manuals and spent some time to decide what structure we would like to bring to life. Starting with structured play helps break the ice for children not used to such therapeutic practices, so it was good that each role came with detailed descriptions of the assorted responsibilities.

We stuck to our assigned role for three pages of the manual initially. As the Engineer, I found it difficult to describe the LEGO pieces. Fortunately, as my teammates and I proceeded with the building, we came to a common understanding as to how to address each type of block. Eventually, we finished building half of the snake within the designated time frame.

Subsequently, we had unstructured play, which I found to be the most interesting aspect of the session. We were tasked to use the Lego blocks to create two structures, one describing our strengths and the other displaying our area of growth.

This is what I came up with. It was a rather enriching exercise to be prompted to express ourselves with a few blocks. My irresistible complicated essence distilled down into shapes and lines!