This fantastic set includes a wooden tray filled with 43 colourful wooden blocks. These colourful wooden blocks are design for open-ended play as well as for early STEM. The largest block measures 6cm wide x 6cm high x 2.5cm deep. The blocks are made from sustainable timber and are fantastic for stacking, sorting and building as well as for loose parts. Suitable for children and toddlers from the age of 12 months – why not try them in the baby and toddler play areas?
 
These colourful wooden blocks are made from environmentally friendly timber. Blocks support learning in young children. Socially, block play encourages children to make friends, work in a group and cooperate with each other. Physically, block play helps children to develop motor skills, build strength in their fingers and hands, and increase hand and eye co-ordination. They also help children to develop skills in design, representation, balance and stability. Block play can also help to promote language and communication skills, as young children describe and play with their constructions. Basic maths is also developed as children add, subtract and multiply the blocks. Physics is learnt through gravity, balance and also geometry.
 
Blocks make great loose parts and are an integral part of any STEM and STEAM based activity. Creatively, blocks also allow children to design their own constructions and build their own original designs. Blocks can also be used in dramatic play – a simple block can represent almost anything in creative play.