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Hardwood Unit Blocks
Quick Overview
Solid hardwood blocks bring creativity and fun into the classroom. As children build kingdoms, roadways and more, they develop multiple skills.
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Unit building blocks encourage problem solving, enhance social and perception skills, promote shape and size recognition, and teach basic math and science skills.
Each block is precisely related in size to the basic unit block for a comfortable series of relationships that makes it easy to create and learn. Smooth, hand-sanded blocks have beveled edges and rounded corners for safety.Ships direct from manufacturer. Please allow additional time for delivery.
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| Assembly Required | No |
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The importance of Block Play
Building blocks offer hours of open-ended play and learning. Block play stimulates learning in all domains of development, intellectual, physical, and social-emotional and language. The lessons learned in block play are fundamental to the growth and development of children.
Blocks are especially beneficial when children are allowed to freely explore and manipulate the blocks in a variety of engaging ways. Examples of academic skills children explore, practice, experiment and refine during opportunities with free exploration block play:
Building blocks offer hours of open-ended play and learning. Block play stimulates learning in all domains of development, intellectual, physical, and social-emotional and language. The lessons learned in block play are fundamental to the growth and development of children.
Blocks are especially beneficial when children are allowed to freely explore and manipulate the blocks in a variety of engaging ways. Examples of academic skills children explore, practice, experiment and refine during opportunities with free exploration block play:
Math:
- Patterns
- Size Relationships
- Geometry
- Equality and inequality
- Part - whole relationships
- Measurement
- Fractions
- Symmetry
- Adding, dividing, subtracting
- Classification
- Quantity
- Volume
- Length
Science:
- Balance
- Law of gravity
- Self in space
- Inductive thinking
- Discovery
- Properties of matter
- Interaction of the forces
- Stability
Social Skills:
- Negotiation
- Caring and consideration
- Cooperation
- Balance of individual and group rights
- Social problem solving
- See the world from another perspective
- Feeling of competence
Cognitive Skills:
- Symbolic thinking
- Socio-dramatic play
- Flexibility and inventiveness in thinking
- Creativity and motivation
- Make connections
- Problem solving
Language:
- Social language
- Complex sentence structure
- Comprehension of language
- Tells about time and place
- Expanding vocabulary
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BLOCK DESCRIPTION |
75 Pc |
118 Pc |
170 Pc |
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Half Block |
9 |
13 |
16 |
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Block |
20 |
30 |
40 |
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Double Block |
6 |
12 |
24 |
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Quadruple Block |
2 |
5 |
6 |
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Roof Board |
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2 |
4 |
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Pillar |
4 |
6 |
8 |
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Half Pillar |
4 |
6 |
8 |
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Quarter Pillar |
4 |
4 |
8 |
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Diagonal |
4 |
6 |
8 |
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Triangle |
6 |
6 |
8 |
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Ramp |
4 |
6 |
8 |
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Column |
6 |
6 |
8 |
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Large Column |
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2 |
2 |
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Large Switch |
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1 |
1 |
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Gothic Door |
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1 |
1 |
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Y Switch |
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1 |
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Half Arch |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Small Buttress |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Circular Curve |
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2 |
2 |
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Quarter Circle |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Large Buttress |
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1 |
1 |
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Roman Arch |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Small Half Circle |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Half Circular Curve |
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1 |
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Double Switch Curve |
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1 |
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Double Roof Board |
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2 |
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Double Triangle |
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2 |
2 |
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Elliptical Curve |
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2 |
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Large Solid Half Circle |
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1 |
2 |
| Choking Hazard | No |
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| Sterile | No |