Block Play

3 years & up. Bring an architectural element to block play with these wonderful Durable Wooden Unit Blocks for Building and Block Play. Children will love building up structures and knocking them down to create more! Encourage your children to use their imagination to build unique structures or to recreate their favorite buildings. Have them identify the familiar shapes as they build. This set promotes fine motor skills, strategic thinking, collaborative play and creativity. Made of hardwoods… More »

3 years & up. Building upon the multi-faceted early childhood development benefits of unit block play, these sturdy wooden trucks are designed to overlay a new lesson on how a simple machine works. Teaches children to investigate the mechanics of gears, levers, wheel and axle technology, and pendulums. Use Unit Blocks (sold separately) with these Block Science Big Trucks to teach simple machine and STEM concepts while encouraging construction, deconstruction, teamwork, social interaction and self-expression.

3 years & up. Block Science, as a pioneering extension of the unit blocks system, adds a rich introduction to physics and essential cognitive development to traditional classroom block play. This Foundation Set is designed to exercise early engineering concepts, collaboration, and the study of matter, motion and mathematics. Plastic building and roadway clips stabilize builds, drawbridges and loops to enable taller, sturdier and more mobile tracks and builds. Simplified, wooden cars with soft… More »

3 years & up. Supplement the mathematical and social emotional activities of Block Science play with Block Science People. The rubberwood people are easily identified with over-molded mathematical symbols on soft plastic grips. Aspiring drivers can send their Block Science People on adventures in the Block Science Cars that feature over-molded plastic wheels that clip onto 2 smooth sanded rubberwood car units with seats for both a driver and passenger. Use the secure hitches to make an extended… More »

2 years & up. This set of 42 high-quality wooden figurines include community workers, athletes, and people of varying ages, cultures, and abilities. Promote block play, dramatic play, and fine motor skills when you add these wonderful friends to your classroom. Encourage children to point our figures that are familiar to them. Use these wooden family and community people to teach a fun lesson about careers, families, diversity, and inclusion. The figures measure approximately 2.25" to 3" high.

3 years & up. From big-rigs to racecars, this set represents various vehicles found traveling on our highway, in the air, and on the water. The durable, wooden vehicles have rubber tires and measure from 2.125" to 5.125" long. Set of 24 wooden vehicles.

Stimulate children's learning in the block center by integrating animals that are made with unit blocks. They can mix and match 4 interchangeable body parts, head, rear, front and rear legs to make different animals that live on the farm or can be found at the safari. All of the body parts connect to any size unit block. Includes 5 animals.

2 years & up. Add beautiful, natural storage options to any part of your classroom or daycare with these woven baskets. A set of two cotton baskets has enough space to hold toys, unit blocks and supplies while being compact enough for a child to carry. Woven cotton thread is both durable and soft. Hand wash or use the gentle cycle on a washing machine to clean. Individual basket measures: 8"L x 8"W x 15"H.

3 years & up. It's a real zoo with this set in the classroom! 21 hand-painted, finely molded animals: giraffes, gorillas, rhinos, elephants, lions, and tigers. Animal figurine sets score highest among other selected toys in creativity and imagination, social interaction and verbalization. Playing with these worldwide animals will allow your child to learn about nature and the animal kingdom. Measure from 3.5" x 1.5" to 7.5" x 9.5".

3 years & up. Incorporate block play in your child's learning with these Block Mate Dinosaurs. This set of dinosaurs promotes fine motor skills and dramatic play. Use these colorful blocks as props in a lesson about the prehistoric era. Encourage children to mix and match the interchangeable body parts to make your own unique dinosaur. This set includes 5 dinosaurs: Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, and Brontosaurus. Unit blocks sold separately.

3 years & up. Build familiar construction vehicles or create new ones by mixing and matching colors and adding a standard unit block to hold it all together. This themed-exploration set includes enough parts to build four construction vehicles: sanitation truck, backhoe, dump truck, and cement mixer. Encourage dramatic play, block building, and color matching skills with these four vehicles. Use this set in a lesson about the specific construction careers these vehicles relate to. The set includes… More »

4 years & up. Build limitless creations with IO Blocks®! Each set is comprised of 12 unique plastic shapes and features 6 colors; red, blue, green, tan, black and white. Curved elements add design options. Blocks connect with a secure, yet easily adjustable friction fit. 76 piece set.

3 years & up. Children can express their creative talents by illustrating self-portraits on wooden blocks that integrate the concepts of self-identity and constructivist play. This set of 50 solid beech wood blocks are featured in five different tones and heights to suit the child's representation. Markers, paper, and additional unit blocks are not included. Each block measures 2" W x .5" D x 3" H. Included: 50 Wooden Blocks.

3 years & up. Bring an international element to block play with these wonderful Durable Wooden Architectural Unit Blocks for Building and Block Play. This 40 piece maple wood set of wooden columns and shapes are inspired by Roman, English, Middle-Eastern and Asian architecture. Encourage your children to use their imagination to build unique structures or to recreate their favorite buildings. Compatible with unit blocks.

Stimulate children's learning in the block center by integrating animals that are made with unit blocks. They can mix and match 4 interchangeable body parts, head, rear, front and rear legs to make different animals that live on the farm or can be found at the safari. All of the body parts connect to any size unit block. Includes 5 animals.

3 years & up. This Foundation Set is designed to exercise early engineering concepts, collaboration, and the study of matter, motion and mathematics. Plastic building and roadway clips stabilize builds, drawbridges and loops to enable taller, sturdier and more mobile tracks and builds. Simplified, wooden cars with soft plastic wheels easily glide across the solid wood tracks while carrying algebraic people designed for mathematical and dramatic play activities. Foundation Set includes Concept… More »