Building Blocks & Construction Sets

Building blocks and construction sets for children — wooden blocks, soft blocks, and magnetic blocks. Building develops spatial awareness and patience, since a tower doesn't stay standing on the first try. Soft blocks suit the youngest children best, since they don't hurt when dropped and are safe to put in the mouth. Wooden blocks suit children from age one, and magnetic blocks from around age three, once the child wants more complex structures. Blocks don't have one correct solution: with the same set, a two-year-old builds a tower and a five-year-old builds a house, so the toy grows along with the child. Letter blocks combine building with learning the alphabet.