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Support hands-on STEM learning with block play materials that help children build, stack, design, problem-solve, and collaborate. Kaplan’s selection includes wooden blocks, unit blocks, soft blocks, plastic blocks, oversized building sets, vehicles, people and animal figures, storage, and tables that encourage spatial reasoning, fine motor skills, creativity, storytelling, and meaningful construction play in early learning classrooms.

Neuroplay Pull-Back Car Set
Item: 302048
Status: In Stock
$56.95
$51.25
3 years & up. Ignite your child's imagination and learning with the Line & Learn Cars Set. This 32-piece set includes 20 vibrant pull-back cars that zoom into action while teaching essential skills such as color recognition, counting, and pattern matching. Ideal for sensory seekers, this set encourages sorting, organizing, and lining up-activities that promote focus, calm, and satisfaction through repetitive play. Crafted for durability and interactive fun, it's perfect for solo adventures or group races, supporting both cognitive and sensory development.
Mix & Match Magnetic Animal Cars
Item: 302000P
Status: In Stock
$21.95 - $41.95
$21.59 - $37.75
18 months & up. Get ready for a farmyard adventure with this engaging magnetic toy set! Designed to encourage motor skills, imagination, and logical thinking, this charming set features three colorful wooden animals - a chicken, a turkey, and a cow - each with their own unique farm-themed car: eggplant, corn, and wildflowers. Little ones can mix and match the animals with their favorite food-themed cars or create their own fun combinations, as all pieces are interchangeable! The magnetic connections make it easy for small hands to explore cause and effect while enhancing coordination. Perfect for endless imaginative play on and off the farm!
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My Little World Farm Animal Set - 10 Pieces
Item: 302140
Status: In Stock
$18.95
$17.05
2 years & up. Complete your farm adventures with the My Little World Farm Animal Set! This 10-piece set is the perfect addition to the My Little World Farm Set. Designed for small hands, these animals are made from durable Beechwood Fasal and plastic, ensuring they're sturdy enough for hours of imaginative play. Whether it's cows, sheep, pigs, or chickens, these figures bring the farm to life and encourage creativity, role play, and social interaction. Perfect for group play, this set helps develop storytelling, sound imitation, and fine motor skills, making it an ideal choice for little farmers!
Wild Pines Wooden Train Set - 95 Pieces
Item: 302013
Status: In Stock
$130.95
$125.99
3 years & up. Embark on a timber-filled adventure with the Timber Trails Wooden Playset! This set invites endless creativity, allowing little ones to build and design their own logging world while developing storytelling skills. Set also includes an engine and three carriages that transport 27 colorful small logs, a logging truck with 9 long magnetic timbers, and a loader vehicle that can pick up and load the logs using magnets. Explore the world of the lumberjack with a log pile featuring a sleepy bear, a serene lake with two magnetized boulders and a big bear, and a section of track blocked by three big fir trees that can be rotated to clear the path. The set also features four cut timber logs and a tree nursery with six trees in different stages of growth, making this the perfect environment for imaginative play.
Waggy Tails Dog Salon Wooden Playset
Item: 302005
Status: In Stock
$57.95
$52.99
3 years & up. Step into the delightful world of the Waggy Tails Dog Salon, where playful pups get pampered in style! This charming wooden playset includes everything needed to create a bustling dog grooming station. Set includes 7 Adorable dog breeds: Giant Poodle, Husky, Beagle, Bull Terrier, Dachshund, Shih Tzu, and Scotty Dog. Grooming essentials feature a washing area with a shower head and three towels, plus a grooming table with a brush. Playset also includes a self-standing back wall with plug-in hair dryer and clippers, 3 bottled dog products, and a winning trophy. Complete with 3 podiums to display the freshly groomed pups, a blanket, 2 bones in a bowl, and even a little poo for realistic fun! Perfectly scaled to fit your dollhouse world, this set encourages endless storytelling and imaginative play. Pair it with other pet sets and dolls for expanded adventures!
On the Go Community Vehicles - Set of 4
Item: 301278P
Status: In Stock
$29.95 - $99.95
$26.95 - $89.95
18 months and up. Transform little ones into community heroes with the On the Go Community Vehicles set! This action-packed collection lets kids clean up the city, transport classmates to school, and help build strong structures. Designed to spark imaginative play, these vehicles also promote the development of important skills like gross-motor coordination and hand-eye coordination. The set includes a dump truck, garbage truck, cement mixer, and school bus.
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Woodland Trail Treehouse & Woodland Trail Accessory Set
Item: 301352P
Status: In Stock
$64.95 - $129.95
$64.95 - $116.95
3 years and up. Make an imaginary forest with the Woodland Trail Treehouse & Woodland Trail Accessory Set. This fun playset places an entire ecosystem at children's disposal. Children can use the Woodland Trail Accessory Set to make a multilayered forest in the Treehouse, or they can use the Woodland Trail Accessory Set to create an expansive forest with trees, animals, toadstools, and more! No matter what, this set will cultivate creativity and inspire imagination.
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Textured Puzzle Blocks
Item: 302448P
Status: Out of Stock
$24.95 - $48.95
$24.95 - $44.05
12 months & up. Enhance building possibilities for children with this innovative Textured Puzzle Blocks set. This set will strengthen children's gross motor skills, critical thinking skills, and hand-eye coordination as they stack, nest, and create 2D and 3D structures. The subtle textures, bright colors, and durable foam pieces will further enhance the comprehensive learning experience that children will receive when they play with this set. Pieces made from easy-to-clean foam. Largest piece measures 4.5"L x 3"W x 1.5"H. Available in 18-piece or 36-piece sets.
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Pullback Construction Vehicles - Set of 12
Item: 302143
Status: In Stock
$95.95
$86.35
4 years & up. Get the job done with the Mighty Builders Construction Set! This 12-piece construction fleet is built for big jobs and even bigger fun. With pullback action and moveable parts, children can load, lift, mix, and dig their way to an epic role play adventure. Includes 3 dump trucks, 3 cement mixers, 3 cranes, and 3 diggers.
Pullback Emergency Vehicles - Set of 12
Item: 302144
Status: In Stock
$99.95
$89.95
4 years & up. Get ready for high-speed rescue missions with the Emergency Vehicles Set of 12! This action-packed set features 12 assorted emergency vehicles, each equipped with pullback action and movable parts for endless interactive play. Set of 12 includes a police and emergency jeep, police van, 2 styles of firetrucks and police cars, police wrecker, ambulance, and more. Vehicles are 4"L .
Community Block Builders Bundle
Item: 302974
Status: Out of Stock
$320.95
$269.95
2 years & up. Bring cities and neighborhoods to life with the Community Block Builders Bundle! This engaging set includes the Traditional International Homes Set, Community Blocks Set, Double-Sided Roadway System, and Mini Wooden Vehicles. Children can design vibrant towns, connect roads, and drive vehicles through imaginative streets, all while developing spatial reasoning, fine motor skills, and cooperative play. Perfect for classrooms or playrooms, this bundle inspires hands-on learning and endless creative fun!
Mini Construction Fleet
Item: 301229
Status: In Stock
$29.95
$26.95
2 years & up. Empower young children to get the job done with the Mini Construction Fleet. Including a dump truck, a cement mixer, a road roller, a bulldozer, and 4 play figures, this set enables children to haul materials, move materials, and do many other things that real construction workers do. As children build and repair various structures, they will also strengthen gross-motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Each vehicle measures 5.5"L x 3.94"W x 4.13"H and each figure measures 2.4"L x 1.8"W x 3"H.
Story Island Creative Playset
Item: 301421
Status: In Stock
$172.95
$155.65
2 years & up. Ignite children's imaginations in group collaborative play with the stunning open-ended Story Island Creative Playset! Children can use the 3 islands individually or link them together by bridge or boat. Each island has a chalk-friendly surface allowing children to draw their own creations such as railways, roads, ponds, shops, and destinations. There are enough pieces to easily fill 3 islands, allowing Story Island to be split into 3 groups of children. The islands, mountains, and trees are made from FSC® Certified Plywood. All the other pieces are made from FSC® Certified Beech Wood. The 68-piece set includes 3 islands, 3 mountains, 2 bridges, 6 trees, 8 gender-neutral people, 12 house blocks, 2 cars, 1 boat, 1 train, and loads of blocks for all the vehicles for open-ended building. Islands each measure 18" x 18".
Brick, Blocks, and Rock Foam Builders
Item: 30298P
Status: In Stock
$165.95 - $665.95
3 years & up. Inspire big building adventures with Brick, Blocks, and Rock Builders from Kaplan Early Learning. This 95-piece foam construction set features realistic pretend bricks, cinder blocks, rocks, and ice bricks that encourage creativity, problem-solving, spatial reasoning, and early engineering exploration. Lightweight, waterproof foam pieces are easy for children to lift, stack, balance, and arrange into imaginative structures. Children can build walls, forts, and construction projects while practicing coordination, teamwork, and creative thinking. Buy the sets together or individually. The Cinder block set includes 20 pieces. The Rock Wall Builder set includes 25 pieces. The Brick Builder set has 25 pieces and the Ice Brick Builder set has 25 pieces. Each set includes activity cards.  The foam construction is waterproof, but not UV-resistant. Store indoors after use to help prevent color fading.
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Soft Jumbo Dinosaurs  - Set of 5
Item: 301979
Status: In Stock
$69.95
$62.95
3 years & up. Introduce the wonderful beings of the prehistoric era with these Soft Jumbo Dinosaur Set. These lifelike creatures inspire hands-on exploration, nurturing fine motor skills as children move and manipulate the figures. Watch as they craft stories of ancient landscapes and interactions, fostering creativity and imaginative play. Encourage children to share and play together, strengthening social skills like cooperation and communication. The set includes 12" Stegosaurus, 12" Tyrannosaurus Rex, 12" Parasaurolophus, 11" Triceratops, and 15" Brachiosaurus. Styles may vary due to availability.
Hippo Ride-On with Lights, Sounds, & Blocks
Item: 302342
Status: Out of Stock
$49.95
$44.95
12 months & up. Combine active riding, building, and storage in one playful Hippo Ride-On with Lights, Sounds, & Blocks. Toddlers can scoot along for gross motor play, then lift the seat to access 26 bright, chunky blocks for building. When construction play is finished, the blocks store neatly under the seat for simple cleanup and organization. A button on the handle activates light-up eyes and 6 silly sounds, adding another engaging element to ride-on play. This friendly hippo brings together movement, building, lights, sounds, and built-in block storage in one versatile toddler toy.
Branch Blocks - 36 Pieces
Item: 91332
Status: In Stock
$49.95
$44.95
3 years & up. Give block play a natural feel with our Branch Blocks. The intact textured bark on each building piece adds sensory exploration mirroring the organic benefits of outdoor play. These blocks empower children to construct all sorts of structures and develop key STEM skills such as sorting and stacking. The blocks' nature-inspired design will also deepen childrens' appreciation of nature and may even make them feel like they are constructing their own habitats. Includes 36 wood pieces.
To the Rescue Vehicles - Set of 3
Item: 301279P
Status: In Stock
$29.95 - $79.95
$26.95 - $71.95
Ages 18 months and up. Empower young children to be heroes with this set of rescue vehicles. Including a patrol car, a fire engine, and an ambulance, this set gives children multiple ways to save the day and protect their classroom community. As they step into the shoes of first responders, children will also strengthen their gross-motor skills and enhance their hand-eye coordination.
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Wooden Chicken Coop Playset
Item: 302004
Status: In Stock
$36.95
$33.99
3 years & up. Bring farmyard fun to life with this charming Wooden Chicken Coop Playset! This delightful set includes a cozy wooden coop, a rooster, two hens, a little chick, freshly laid eggs, two nests, and a feeding trough. Perfect for imaginative play, children can create their own barnyard adventures while learning about farm life. Ideal for fostering creativity, storytelling, and fine motor skills. Made from durable wood for long-lasting play.
My Forest Floor Wooden Loose Parts Set
Item: 302008
Status: In Stock
$99.95
3 years & up. Discover endless possibilities with the My Forest Floor Wooden Loose Parts Set! This extensive open-ended tinker tray invites little explorers to sort, stack, and arrange their woodland treasures in creative ways. The removable lid doubles as a chalkboard, perfect for drawing forest scenes or mapping out imaginative play ideas. Remove the wooden compartments and fill the box with sand to build a magical woodland landscape for even more interactive fun. This enchanting set includes 6 grey flat pebbles, 4 multi-faceted rocks, 3 cone trees, 8 twigs, a snail, a moth, 6 little toadstools, a large toadstool, 10 leaves, 2 acorns, 3 beetles, 4 tunnel pieces, and a bird's egg. Perfect for encouraging imagination, fine motor skills, and sensory exploration, this nature-inspired set offers endless opportunities for woodland-themed adventures!
Mini Emergency Vehicles
Item: 301230
Status: In Stock
$34.95
$31.45
2 years & up. Bring exciting first responder adventures to playtime with the Mini Emergency Vehicles set. Featuring a fire engine, police car, ambulance, and fire rescue vehicle, this engaging set invites children to explore the important roles of firefighters, police officers, and paramedics through imaginative play. Children can create rescue scenarios, respond to pretend emergencies, and develop their own stories as they move each vehicle from one adventure to the next. Open-ended role-play encourages creative thinking and storytelling while giving children opportunities to explore familiar community helper roles. Maneuvering the vehicles throughout the play space also helps develop gross-motor skills and hand-eye coordination. With 4 vehicles and 4 play figures, this emergency vehicle collection offers engaging opportunities for active, imaginative play.
My Little World Farm Set - 38 Pieces
Item: 302139
Status: In Stock
$179.95
$161.95
2 years & up. Bring the charm of the countryside to life with the My Little World Farm Set! This engaging 38-piece playset lets kids build their very own farm, complete with a barn, stable, vehicles, and a cozy family home. Friendly farm animals - sheep, cows, and more are ready to move in for endless imaginative play. Designed to encourage storytelling, sound imitation, and social interaction, this hands-on set helps children develop communication skills while they explore the daily life of a farmer. With detailed structures, realistic role-play elements, and high-quality, child-safe materials, this set is perfect for little hands and big imaginations. Get ready for farmyard fun where every day is an adventure!
BRIO® Starter Travel Train Set - 22 Pieces
Item: 301667
Status: In Stock
$69.95
$62.95
3 years and up. Send children off to a fun destination with the BRIO® Starter Travel Train Set. In addition to an engine car and a passenger car, this set includes classic wooden pieces that make a figure-8 track and a bridge and tunnel intersection. The set also comes with 2 figures (a conductor and a passenger) that will permit children to act out countless travel scenarios.
Railway Bucket Builder Set with Train and Tracks
Item: 147859
Status: In Stock
$72.95
$65.65
3 years & up. Perfect for every lover of trains, this is a great set for older children. Use the included storage box and lid within the tracks and use block pieces to build a town around the structure. Move the train, passengers, and cargo around the track with ease and play for hours. Easily clean pieces with a damp cloth. Includes 50 railway pieces.