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Melissa Doug Wood
Melissa Doug Wood
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Lot Melissa & Doug, Haba, Play Wonder Wood Play Food $35.00 |
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2 MELISSA & DOUG WOOD PLAY SETS PIZZA & BIRTHDAY PARTY! $9.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wooden Chess Game Set Kid Child Wood $21.94 |
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Melissa and Doug Classic Marbles in Pouch and Wood Box $6.95 |
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Melissa Doug Wood Lacing Beads Farm Animals Age 3+ $12.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wood Farm Log Play Set 90 Pcs Barn Animals $29.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wood Furnished Mansion Doll House Child $124.99 |
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Exc. Cond. Set of 3 Melissa and Doug Wood Puzzles $8.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wooden Checkers Game Set Kid Child Wood $18.99 |
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4 WOOD VEHICLE PUZZLES IN A BOX by Melissa & Doug NEW $10.99 |
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NOAH’S ARK JUMBO WOOD CHUNKY PUZZLE Melissa & Doug NEW $17.99 |
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Melissa & Doug 100 Piece Wood Blocks Set *NEW* $33.69 |
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Melissa & Doug Dressing Bears Family Wood Puzzles $4.99 |
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TAKE-ALONG TOOL KIT-24 WOOD PIECES-MELISSA & DOUG-NEW! $16.95 |
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200 PC WOOD COLORED BUILDING BLOCKS MELISSA DOUG – NEW $0.99 |
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Melissa and Doug-Like Wood Number Puzzle Excell. Cond. $3.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Endangered Species Wood Puzzle Exc Cond. $3.99 |
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NEW VICTORIAN DOLLHOUSE WOOD DOLL HOUSE MELISSA & DOUG $134.99 |
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WOOD BATHROOM DOLLHOUSE SET by Melissa & Doug NEW $21.99 |
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FIRE TRUCK wood Sound Peg Puzzle Melissa and Doug New! $10.49 |
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VEHICLES MIX & MATCH WOOD PEG PUZZLE Melissa & Doug NEW $6.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Wood Puzzle & Ravensburger Puzzle $1.99 |
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Melissa & Doug (?) Wood Magnetic Calendar $5.99 |
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Furnished Doll House by Melissa & Doug $118.95 3 years and up. A two story wooden house includes 18 pieces of furniture, four dolls and a removable atrium with balcony. Assembly required. 24″H x 22″W x 15″D…. |
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Maple Landmark 25128 HANG-A-NAME- STARTERS- FIRE TRUCK $4.99 Personalize your baby’s nursery or room. Hang-A-Name starter shapes have a keyhole slot in the back for easy hanging on the wall or door. Hangs from a screw or nail(not included). Made from pine, with a non-toxic color finish. Attach Hang-A-Name letters to a starter shape to create a name or word…. |
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Melissa& Doug Bead Set Bundle (3 Pack) $34.99 This bead bundle set comes with Flower Power, Sweet Hearts and Butterfly Beads. Thats 450 beads!… |
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Griffkin 1000 Piece Building Set in Wooden Box Make amazing things with these fun Griffkin Blocks! Griffkin Blocks are the winners of the Toy Mothers Smart Play Smart Toy and Best Toy award 2008! Wooden blocks have been around for centuries and make an excellent tool to teach basic math concepts, organizational skills, sequential skills, and spatial relations. It is no surprise that blocks are found in almost every pre-school and kindergarten… |
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Wood Lacing Sneaker By Melissa and Doug $9.99 This learning activity will tickle kids down to their toes! The sturdy wooden high-top sneaker is the perfect size toy for kids to learn how to lace and tie over and over again!Size: 8 x 5 x 3 1/2Ages 3+… |
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Starlite Drive-In Theater: Van Nuys Blvd./Little Laura & Big John $2.40 This collection presents a double feature of 1970s drive-in classics: VAN NUYS BLVD. (1979) follows the wacky exploits of a small-town teen who moves to L.A. to cruise the city’s main drag; while LITTLE LAURA & BIG JOHN (1973) dramatizes the real-life story of the criminal Ashley gang who roared through the 1920s in a blazing trail of bank robberies rumrunning and murder.System Requirements:Runnin… |
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El El Hazard: The Alternative World, Vol. 2: The Spring of Life $0.01 Romance is in the air for Miz and Rune, for they have found their true loves. Unlike the ruler of Creteria, Dall Narciss, whose infatuation is ignored by the naive Water Priestess, Qawoor. Even Fatora thinks she’s in love. But what kind of relationship could she have with Gilda, the head of Creteria’s militia? Then there is Makoto who is diligently seeking the secret behind the Spring of Life, an … |
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Melissa & Doug Friendship Stamp Set $5.44 Mix and match the 8-9 playfully detailed stamps to create hundreds of beautiful scenes, and then color in the pictures with the 5 colored pencils! Each themed set includes 2 colored inkpads. Ages 4+. Each set 8.75″ x 8″ x 2″…. |
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Melissa & Doug Cutting Food Box $11.75 Melissa and Doug 31 Piece Cutting Food Box Kids love hearing the realistic crunch as they slice their way through the fruits and vegetables in this exciting Melissa and Doug set! This smooth-sanded, solid wood set in vibrant colors features a cutting board, rounded knife, and 8 food items that cut into 29 pieces. Not to worry – Melissa and Doug has made this play set safe for your preschooler by … |
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Melissa & Doug Birthday Party Birthday Cake $10.98 It’s a wish come true! This uniquely playful wooden birthday cake has enough slices and toppings for every “party guest” and enough candles to last for years! Includes wooden spatula and convenient storage box…. |
Melissa & Doug Wooden Puzzles Help Toddler Development
Wooden puzzles encourage many types of physical and emotional development among toddlers, while at the same time providing durable, low-cost toys for toddlers. Non-toxic puzzles with smooth-edged pieces are safe for toddlers, as well as easy for them to pick up and move around.
With today’s global economy, there are a slew of wooden puzzles to choose from. Costs are relatively low thanks to slave labor wages paid to oppressed workers in China and other communist economies. Popular brands include Melissa & Doug, Ravensburger, and Parker Brothers.
Wooden puzzles can help toddlers develop their physical motor skills and their hand-eye coordination. Because a puzzle requires the child to manipulate several relatively small objects, this will develop their physical skills. They will learn to visually match the puzzle piece with its corresponding space on the puzzle board, and then will learn to physically manipulate and fit the piece into that space. They will also have to match colors and shapes on the board to colors and shapes on their puzzle pieces, which will engage multiple areas of the child’s brain.
Puzzles can improve a toddler’s cognitive skills, in particular their problem-solving and reasoning skills. Each puzzle piece fits in a precise location, and the child may have to rotate the puzzle piece or flip it over. A toddler may become frustrated at first as they struggle to make the piece fit. However, with continued puzzle play, the toddler’s problem-solving skills will improve with repeated successes at solving their problem (making the puzzle piece fit).
Problem-solving requires persistence and steadfastness to stay with the task until it is solved. It requires breaking the problem down into smaller steps, then solving each step one at a time, while maintaining a focus on completing the overall objective. Each of these problem-solving skills is required by puzzles. As children grow and develop better skills, puzzles can grow increasingly more challenging in order to continue promoting skill development at higher levels with increasing degrees of difficulty. Puzzles can even teach the child patience, as a puzzle piece that does not fit one way will ultimately fit somewhere if they keep trying.
Toddlers will also develop their spatial skills and abstract thoughts by playing with wooden puzzles. As they rotate or flip a puzzle piece to make it fit in the puzzle, they will be forced to think in three dimensions. They will have to think outside their concrete thoughts (what they can see right now) and consider abstract thoughts (whether the puzzle piece will fit if they rotate it).
Puzzles may also encourage children to think ahead about the results of their actions. They will have to consider the effect of inserting a particular puzzle piece into a particular place on the puzzle board, on the placement of the next puzzle piece.
Durable wooden puzzles from brands like Melissa & Doug and others can help foster a love of puzzles in a child that will grow along with the child, evolving from wooden puzzles to jigsaw puzzles, Rubik’s cubes, and crossword puzzles. These advanced puzzles offer similar benefits as wooden puzzles, from cognitive and physical development to learning abstract thought.
About the Author
Joe Kanooga is a father of two kids, a successful business owner and the author of numerous articles about wooden puzzles. Click here to download our free Melissa & Doug guidebook filled with tips, ideas and information.
Wood Building Blocks
Wood Building Blocks
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SOLID WOOD BUILDING BLOCKS ASSORTED SHAPES AND COLORS $1.99 |
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ANTIQUE WOOD BLOCKS ALPHABET ANIMAL BUILDING TOYS LOT $0.99 |
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Community Playthings Wood Domino Building Blocks $23.00 |
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200 PC WOOD COLORED BUILDING BLOCKS MELISSA DOUG – NEW $21.75 |
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Alphabet Building Blocks Wood $5.99 |
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LARGE LOT 100 COLORED WOODEN BUILDING BLOCKS WOOD TOY $0.99 |
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LINCOLN LOGS WOOD BUILDING BLOCKS 125 PCS LOT FRONTIER $4.99 |
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1950’s Architectural Building Blocks in Wood Wagon EST5 $90.00 |
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New Building Blocks USA 209 Piece Big Set Natural Wood $49.00 |
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT MUSEUM WOOD BUILDING BLOCK SET NIB $32.00 |
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14 Vintage Wood Children ABC Building Blocks Primitives $9.25 |
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26 Lot of Large wooden wood building blocks color toy $7.90 |
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Guidecraft Vari-Design Wood Blocks 6 Lbs Building Play $14.28 |
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50 SOFT WOOD COLOR EVA FOAM BUILDING BLOCKS PLAY ROOM $16.00 |
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152 SOFT WOOD COLOR EVA FOAM BUILDING BLOCKS PLAYROOM $32.00 |
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204 SOFT WOOD COLOR EVA FOAM BUILDING BLOCKS PLAY ROOM $39.00 |
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First Learning WOODEN WOOD 100 Piece Building Block Set $16.99 |
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23 Vintage wood ABC building blocks ~ red and blue $5.00 |
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ANTIQUE WOOD BLOCKS ALPHABET ANIMAL BUILDING TOYS LOT $0.99 |
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200 PC WOOD COLORED BUILDING BLOCKS MELISSA DOUG – NEW $0.99 |
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50 Wood Building Blocks Alphabet Numbers Pictures $9.99 |
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WOOD ENGRAVING TALL BUILDINGS BLOCK MARGARET HUTCHINSON $9.95 |
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458 Vintage 1950’s Wood American Brick Building Blocks $19.99 |
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13 Vtg WOOD Childrens TOY ABC’S WOODEN Building BLOCKS $4.99 |
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9 Wood Block Buildings in This Village near HO Scale $4.99 |
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Brainy Bird Building Flocks Parrot Wood Blocks Toys $17.99 |
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35 SOLID Wood Building Stacking Blocks for Kids 1 1/4″ $13.40 |
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6ft Fun Kid Castle Fort Wood Building Block Kit Project $175.00 |
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LARGE TINKER TOYS WOOD BUILDING BLOCKS 240+ PCS LOT $4.99 |
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**100** SOLID Wood AMISH Stacking Building Blocks Toys $35.00 |
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New Building Blocks USA 123 Piece Set Natural Wood $29.00 |
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New Building Blocks USA 209 Piece Big Set Natural Wood $49.00 |
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BUILDING BLOCKS STANDARD UNIT NAT WOOD MELISSA & DOUG $56.50 |
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NEW transformer changeable wood nut building blocks car $24.99 |
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Block Island Lighthouse by Rudi Reichardt 13.00X17.00 Framed with Black Wood Frame $121.77 Block Island Lighthouse, framed black wood, white matte. Beautiful Highest Quality Frame, Solid Finish, LOW SHIPPING!!! Price includes price of print Poster. Framing includes dry mounting, acrylic glazing. Comes ready to hang. and is a better quality then your local framing store Guaranteed…. |
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Block Island, Rhode Island by Gretchen Dow Simpson 18.00X24.00 Framed with Black Wood Frame $155.77 Block Island, Rhode Island, framed black wood, white matte. Beautiful Highest Quality Frame, Solid Finish, LOW SHIPPING!!! Price includes price of print Poster. Framing includes dry mounting, acrylic glazing. Comes ready to hang. and is a better quality then your local framing store Guaranteed…. |
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Building Blocks by Terri Burris. Size 27.01 inches width by 35.50 inches height. High Quality Art Poster Print Building Blocks by Terri Burris.Total Size : 35.50 inches width by 35.50 inches height.This is the Highest Quality Art Print Reproduction of the Original Work. Fully Authorized by the Artist. OnlineWall is the worlds best quality art print, poster and framing store with over 25 years custom framing experience our quality of art prints cannot be beat …. |
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Ado Products WB1285 Windblock Rafter Infiltration Block $10.01 For use with Provent and Durovent rafter vents. Prevents wind driven moisture and cold air infiltration between the rafter and the top of the wall. Reduces energy loss at the attic perimeter. Helps prevent moisture problems on the wall’s top plate. Effective for use in new and retrofit applications. Install with rafter vents to maximize attic ventilation performance. Constructed of waterproof and … |
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Basswood, 4 x 6 x 12 $19.75 Basswood (Tilia americana) is a fairly soft wood, preferred for carving and is easy to work. Grown in Canada and USA. Fine straight grain material with an even texture and little contrast between early and late wood. Europeans sometimes call it American lime because it bears some carving similarities to European lime (Tilia vulgaris). Basswood is an off-white, almost cream colored, tending towards… |
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Basswood, 2 x 2 x 12 $7.99 Basswood (Tilia americana) is fine, straight grain material with an even texture and little contrast between early and late wood. Creamy white in color and lighter in weight than the related European Lime. Fairly soft, preferred wood for carving. For the true woodworker, there is nothing more important than creating a project from the right wood stock. This stock is cut to size from quality, kiln-… |
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WADDELL MANUFACTURING ICTB-52 TRIM PINE BLOCK MOULDING 6.75 X 3.25 X 3.25 $3.84 INSIDE CROWN TRIM BLOCK – Easy to install no-mitering decorative block ~ Installs with hammer & finishing nails ~ Gives professional look to any room ~ Made of pine ~ Size dimensions= length x width ~ 1-3/4″ thickness fits mouldings up to 3-1/8″ ~ 3-1/4″ thickness fits mouldings up to 5-1/4″… |
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Griffkin 1000 Piece Building Set in Wooden Box Make amazing things with these fun Griffkin Blocks! Griffkin Blocks are the winners of the Toy Mothers Smart Play Smart Toy and Best Toy award 2008! Wooden blocks have been around for centuries and make an excellent tool to teach basic math concepts, organizational skills, sequential skills, and spatial relations. It is no surprise that blocks are found in almost every pre-school and kindergarten… |
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Melissa & Doug 100 Piece Wood Blocks Set $14.88 Kids can use their creativity and imagination to build all sorts of things with this 100-piece set. The structures are only as tall and wide as the child’s imagination! With endless possibilities, it’s sure to provide hours of engaged play…. |
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Melissa & Doug Stack and Sort Board $6.95 Engage kids for hours with this classic toy that helps build matching and counting skills. Little learners can simply match the color and quantity of the colorful pieces to the key on the sturdy solid-wood board, and then stack them up on the peg. Comes with 15 wooden stacking pieces and base…. |
The Benefits of Wooden Building Block Toys
Do you know just how beneficial playing with wooden building blocks can be for a young child? As well as providing them with a fun way to keep them-selves busy, these wooden toys can increase many skills needed as they grow. Giving children the chance to play with these items can facilitate not just healthy development, but may also encourage an interest in design and construction.
Eye-hand coordination in one principle benefit. This is a learned skill that is important to emphasize when children are young, as this will be needed for basic motor skills will used to do most simple and complex tasks throughout life. Holding items, driving, and participating in sports all require good eye-hand coordination. Allowing a child to play with wooden building blocks frequently will help him/her master picking them up and placing them correctly when building a structure, thus improving their coordination.
Decision making is another benefit. Learning to make sound decisions is also important at an early age. Every day you are faced with several choices to make, and it is usually important to make the best one. When playing with building blocks, children must learn to make the best decisions for their building structures, or the whole thing will teeter and collapse. Trial and error is exhibited through the kid’s attempts to keep the blocks stacked upon each other and standing. Learning to reason well with these kinds of toys will help them learn how to use logic in other, more pressing decisions.
Encouraging social abilities is a less obvious benefit. Playing with wooden blocks may seem like it would not benefit a child socially, but it actually can when a group of kids are involved. If more than one child is working together to create a building from the blocks, they must talk to each other about the placement of the items and how to build the structure so it will stand on its own. Learning to discuss and cooperate will further their social skills. Even when they are playing alone, they will talk to whoever is supervising them about what they are creating. Given the ability to talk about their interests and what their current actions can facilitate good communication skills that will be beneficial as they grow older.
Hopefully it’s now easy to see just how advantageous it can be for kids to play with building block toys. The aid in development of physical, mental, and social skills will help them as they grow into adult life. That’s a very goods reason to choose wooden building blocks the next time you come to choose a toy for your child.
About the Author
Original article for a U.K based online childrens toy store specialising in wooden toys.
Abc Wood Building
Abc Wood Building
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14 Vintage Wood Children ABC Building Blocks Primitives $9.25 |
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23 Vintage wood ABC building blocks ~ red and blue $5.00 |
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WOOD TOY BLOCKS WOODEN BUILDING COLORED & PLAIN & ABC $15.99 |
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Classic Wooden ABC 123 Building Alphabet Blocks Wood $14.99 |
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Uncle Goose Classic Alphabet ABC Wood Building Blocks $24.95 |
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Classic Alphabet ABC Blocks With Canvas Bag by Uncle Goose $31.99 Because every child deserves a great set of blocks… At 1 3/4″ square, this standard set of 27 ABC blocks are the largest embossed blocks made today. Patterned after blocks from the turn of the century, the set is finely crafted and colorfully painted with non-toxic inks. Each block features a unique animal picture, a number or math symbol, and four letters (two embossed), for a total of four com… |
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Uncle Goose Greek Alphabet Blocks ~ Made In USA $31.95 A set of 24 deluxe ABC blocks featuring the Greek alphabet. This set of blocks are made in Michigan from basswood and child-safe, non-toxic ink. Every block features two debossed (carved) letters in various colors and two printed red letters. The remaining two sides contain a numeral and animal picture with the names in Greek printed below. Blocks are a perfect toy for every child because they off… |
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Italian Alphabet ABC Blocks by Uncle Goose $30.30 This heirloom-quality set of 28 blocks provides 4 complete alphabets along with 3 sets of numerals and 28 different animal pictures with their Italian names. These basswood blocks are made with two embossed sides, beveled edges, and non-toxic inks making them both safe and beautiful. A welcome edition to any playroom…. |
Alphabet blocks offer many potential benefits to young kids. While they are among the simplest of all toys, they are also among the most beneficial in many ways.
One of the great things about alphabet blocks is they come with no rules and no instructions. Kids get to make up their own rules and play away. The sky is the limit for what they can do with them and how much they can learn. The blocks encourage open-ended explorations.
Alphabet blocks are available from several manufacturers including Citiblocks, Schylling and Melissa and Doug. All of these brands provide blocks that are safe and educational. To prevent any risk of lead poisoning, blocks are painted or stained only with non-toxic paint or stain, as children will undoubtedly put the blocks in their mouth! Brands like Melissa and Doug have designed their entire product line just for the younger kids, kids that would use alphabet blocks. Melissa and Doug is proud of their safety record of zero incidents of any problems and no needs for any recalls in over 20 years of business.
Alphabet blocks allow for social and emotional development among young children in two ways. First, when playing with other children, they learn to negotiate for the items they want to use and also to respect the ideas and opinions of others. Open-ended block play gives kids an opportunity to explore social behaviors and emotions in a safe environment. These benefits will transfer to other areas of the child’s life, such as when they are playing with friends!
Blocks also provide physical development for children. Playing with blocks will improve both the child’s gross motor skills and fine motor skills. As children pick up the small blocks, carry them from place to place, and position them, their small muscles will develop. Even seemingly “small” motions will provide benefits. When children stack blocks, they will improve their hand-eye coordination as well as their balance.
Standard wooden alphabet blocks naturally appeal to children. Wood that has been sanded and polished feels good to the touch. Their symmetrical shape is naturally pleasing.
Blocks allow cognitive and intellectual development for children. Blocks help children develop a concrete understanding of the world around them. They will learn about sizes, shapes, numbers, orders, area, length, patterns, and weight as they build with and put away the blocks. Blocks also help children to think abstractly. Children form mental pictures as they interact with the world around them. When they play with blocks, they can recreate these pictures in concrete form.
Finally, blocks allow for language development in children. Children love to talk about the scenes they have created, and when an adult asks questions or shows a genuine interest, the child will be learning to create a description of what they see. When adults provide a new word to describe their creations, they will be expanding their vocabulary. They can even develop their writing skills when they make signs for their buildings.
Alphabet blocks can help kids develop the skills they need to become strong and healthy physically, socially, emotionally and cognitively. Perhaps best of all, they don’t cost nearly as much as high-tech electronic toys. In fact, brands like Melissa and Doug have found ways to distribute high quality blocks around the world at very low prices.
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Joe Kanooga is a father of two kids, a successful business owner and the author of numerous articles about Melissa and Doug and other educational toys. Click here to download our free alphabet blocks guidebook filled with helpful tips, ideas and information.
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