Building Blocks

Building Blocks
Wooden Blocks - The Best of Toys
Wooden blocks were my favorite toy to play with for the longest time. Starting with the build-it-up-knock-'em-down game as a toddler and eventually moving on to elaborate cityscapes. I could sit for hours building the tallest towers and coolest castles. As a developmental toy, blocks help to improve motor skills, problem solving and encourage creativity. There are so many options out there now, that you can find building blocks for children of any age and turn them into learning experiences...

Kapla, Keva, Citiblocs: Review and Comparison
Kapla Blocks: Fun for Toddlers through Adults
About four years ago, my kids got a set of Kapla planks as a Christmas gift. There is exactly one size of Kapla block, 120 mm by 24 m by 8 mm (about 4 3/4 inches long). At first, a box of 200 identical blocks looked too simple to be much fun, but after getting addicted I realized that the simplicity is what's great about them. Toddlers can stack them one on top of another. Older kids can build simple structures. Serious hobbyists have built structures over 50 feet tall. You can put them toget...

Cardboard Building Blocks
Playing With The Jumbo Cardboard Building Blocks!
Kids can have lots of fun and learn more than you might imagine with Cardboard Building Blocks! Lots of people are saying that the nowadays they find that the best blocks are the 12 inch multi-colored, Cardboard Building Blocks. Parents say that they have found their kids getting frustrated with the building blocks that we are all familiar with because they are always falling over and they are not that easy to stack. It's really hard for the kids if as soon as they make a quick movement th...

Make 'n' Break - Building Block Game for Toddlers through Adults
Fun and Educational Building Game
Make 'N' Break is a simple and fun construction blocks game that builds spatial reasoning and logical skills, eye-hand coordination, gross and fine motor skills, and poise under pressure in your toddler or preschooler. And it's so fun that you'll want to take it back out after the little ones go to bed and play it with your older kids and adult friends. Make 'n' Break is recommended for ages eight and up, with variations in the rules to even things out for players of mixed abilities. We simp...

Cardboard Blocks
Welcome to my Cardboard Building Blocks Guide!
Your kids can have so much fun playing with building blocks toys and at the same time can be learning so much! Many parents tell me that the best blocks are the 12 inch long, various colored, corrugated cardboard blocks. They tell me that the small wood blocks can be really frustrating for their younger kids because they keep falling over and they don't really lend themselves to easy stacking. I have seen that at first hand with some of our younger nieces and nephews. It's frustrating for t...

Best Soft Building Blocks for Toddlers, Christmas 2012
Plush Educational Toys for Children
Building Blocks are a nice tool to awaken creativity and color and shape recognition in the Toddlers. Their young brains are encouraged to create new combinations, and they sure do love the encouragement, when they make something new. Young Kids have special needs. Building Blocks for Grade Schoolers, Tweens, and Teens are not suitable for them in most cases due to the small size of individual pieces, hard material with sharp edges, and the level of complexity involved. The Soft Building Bl...

Building Blocks
Kid's Building Blocks
Building blocks are one of the most important toys that a child can own. Building blocks help young children to develop their creativity, dexterity, coordination skills, as well as their imagination. It is sometimes the simplest toys which encourage the most complex mental reasoning within kids and building blocks are a toy which does just this. Whether a child owns a simple set of wood building blocks designed by dad, or a complex multi-piece building set purchased from Lego, K'nex, or Tink...

Best Building Blocks and Construction Toys for Christmas 2012
Creative and Educational Gifts for the Holiday Season
Christmas is nearby, and you must be surfing for the coolest Toys to gift to your young ones. The Holiday Season is Prime Time for the Toy Companies. Each year witnesses thousands of new Toys entering the market. Most Toy companies spend a fortune marketing the newest goodies for the kids. Building Blocks and Construction Toys are a cool gifting option, for Christmas and beyond. Not only do they entertain the children - they also develop their skills, and provide a cool educational factor -...

Tegu Blocks - Wooden Block Toys with Embedded Magnets!
Tegu Blocks
Tegu blocks are gorgeous wooden building block toys; only it's much better. They've got magnets embedded in them. Tegu has a truly unique product. You've got a lot of companies offering wooden stacking blocks - but Tegu's wooden blocks seemingly defy gravity, due to tiny magnets that are safely hidden in them. Because of these magnets, your kids can fully indulge in their creative passions giving shape to complex designs that are truly awe-inspiring. Curiously attractive but brilliantly sim...