15 Months Old Won't Stack Blocks

Well mine doesn't like stacking anything either, she lets me stack them while she watches and then she just push them real hard so they fall all over the carpet and then she just laughs, that's what she likes. I tried teaching her to stack them a couple of times but she is more interested in knocking them over so I find it just part of her personality, she just doesn't like staking things right now and that's OK. As long as she plays with mommy I'm OK with doing the stacking by myself :)

Diagnosis? Toddler behavior! lol They do what they want, when they want.

Seriously, mine never wanted much to do with the shapes thing and I never really thought about it. They were block stacking fools but I'm sure there was some other age appropriate skill that they wouldn't do.

As long as they are developing normally I wouldn't stress over little things.

Kids have different preferences. My 19 month old son likes to throw blocks and chase them. He has no interest, in sitting and stacking. He just wants to be active and play how HE wants to. He will learn so much more, from just playing...then me trying to have him play a certain way. There is no "diagnosis." Your daughter, is FINE. She doesn't have to stack blocks. There is nothing wrong with her, if she can't. She probably just doesn't want to. She has a preference when playing and stacking isn't one of them. No big deal. She might never want to stack blocks...it still won't be a big deal. Just let her play and learn, she will be great.

The diagnosis is that you've a headstrong little girl determined to play in a way that makes her happy, and is enjoyable to her.

It's really no big deal if she doesn't want to stack things. My youngest daughter never wanted to stack things, and now she's a straight A honor roll student. My two year old only stacks things if it'll get him a ramp for his cars.

If she's screaming and pulling away, it's because she doesn't want to play that way, so encourage the ways she DOES want to play. If she wants to explore, explore with her. Point out "strange and unusual things" like that funny leaf that just blew across the sidewalk.

Many, many kids prefer knocking blocks down as opposed to stacking them. It sounds like your daughter just isn't interested in stacking things right now. I wouldn't worry.
We could give my son a ring of keys and a lock and he would sit patiently forever trying every single key until he found the one that fit. He was mesmerized. My daughter, on the other hand, would give up after the first key and be off to something else.
They are both perfectly intelligent and healthy, just two very different temperaments.
Rest assured she sees what you do and gets the concept of stacking. Before you know it, she'll be stacking anything she can find to be able to climb and reach things.

I'm sure your daughter is fine.

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Seriously???? NONE of my kids stacked blocks.
Normal would be my diagnosis.

My oldest son started 4th grade at 7 years old. He never stacked blocks.
My 4 year old is reading books...and he never stacked blocks.
My 2 year old can tell you that a T-Rex is a carnivore...and knows what that means....she never stacked blocks.

Stacking is a mindless acitvity....that only ends in the entire things falling. How many times do you have to do that before you realize there's only a destructive ending to it?

My daughter is 19 months and I can never get her to stack blocks or play with those toys either, still! I used to be worried but am not whatsoever anymore, she is just very physical and exploratory and doesn't have the patience yet to sit for a long time.. there are so many other things she loves to do and I have no doubt that she's very bright so I'm just accepting that she's not a stacker. I don't think there should be any prescriptive activities..I think the blocks seem like fun so I'm always trying to get her to build ;-)
Maybe that's why she resists them..

Not all kids do all things at the same rate. Don't worry about it, or you'll make yourself crazy!

I would not be worried. I'm not sure when the stacking thing comes into play, but I think that 15 months is young for that. My son loved for me to stack and then he would knock them over.

Forcing her to play in your way will make her not want to. How about you just play next to her and stack them. Then show her how fun it is to knock them over!

Hello, I really wouldn't worry. My oldest grandson refused to learn his abc's or numbers. Now, he is in high school and in all excelled classes getting alomost all A's. So, really, if she lives to be 100, will it really matter that she wouldn't stack blocks at 15 months old?
Good luck with your precious little girl.
K. K.

Don't get too hung up on what kids "should" be doing. Some kids just don't care for blocks. They don't really see the point. (On the other hand, the toddler I've known who took the most absolute glee in stacking and knocking blocks over was diagnosed ADHD.) A lot of behaviors that are common are not necessary.

I think the "should be" should be followed by "if they want to". My daughter was not at all interested i nplaying with a cookie jar by bro got her that had shapes you fit on the sides, or stacking blocks until she was 2 or even later. Now she likes to sit on the floor with some wooden blocks she got earlier this year. No problems in that area, just was not interested.