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Melissa and Doug 60-Piece Standard Unit Blocks

Melissa and Doug 60-Piece Standard Unit Blocks

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Brand: Melissa & Doug
Category: Toy

List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $31.94
You Save: $18.05 (36%)



New (54) from $31.94

Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 90 reviews
Sales Rank: 293

Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 6 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 21.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 15 x 17.9

MPN: 503
Model: 503
UPC: 814729007246
EAN: 0814729007246
ASIN: B00008W72D

Release Date: June 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • 60-piece standard unit block set allows children to build towers and towns
  • Stimulates creativity and hones basic motor skills
  • Features natural look; pieces are easy for little fingers to grasp
  • Excellent tool for teaching math concepts, organizational skills, sequential skills, and spatial relations
  • Includes 60 solid-wood pieces and wooden storage box

Accessories:

  • Haba Pull Toy Circo

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Build a tower, a town or just about anything with these large solid-wood standard unit blocks. The 60 big, smooth-sanded sturdy blocks are naturally finished with a classic look for hours of classic fun. The handsome wooden storage crate makes clean up and storage easy. Measures 15"L x 12.25"W x 5.25"D.

Amazon.com Product Description
Children can let their imaginations run wild as they build towers and towns with this 60-piece standard unit block set. The 60 large, classroom-sized blocks have a classic look and are easy for little fingers to grasp. Ideal for ages three to five, this block set stimulates children for hours as they engage in imaginative play.

Naturally Finished for a Classic Look
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 classroom. Youngsters become the architect of their own world as they fit pieces together to form their vision. This open-ended play set stimulates creativity and hones basic motor skills.

Each set features a large variety shapes and sizes including arches, columns, squares, rectangles, triangles, cylinders, and circles, as well as basic, half, and double unit blocks. This block set is crafted to the standard unit block size (1-1/2-by-2-by-5-inches) and constructed from Rubberwood, a resilient hardwood. The blocks are big, chunky, and easy for kids to grasp and build with. Smoothly sanded surfaces tantalize fingertips and create a handsome natural aesthetic. Best of all, when the child finishes constructing their masterpiece, all the pieces store neatly into a wooden storage box.

There is no limit to the types of fortresses the child can build with these blocks. This deluxe set even contains pillars, buttresses, gothic circles, and half-circles for advanced architecture. As an added bonus, the storage box doubles as a building platform. Children and parents have fun as they complete projects together. Parents can purchase another set and add to the amusement. An essential for any child's toy box, these blocks are sturdy, durable, and beautiful enough to put on display. The box measures 15-by-12-1/2-by-15-1/4 inches.

What's in the Box
60 solid wood pieces and wooden storage box.



The open-ended play set stimulates creativity and hones basic motor skills.


The 60 large, classroom-sized blocks come contains gothic circles, half-circles, buttresses, and pillars.




Customer Reviews:   Read 85 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Great fun, great value!   October 6, 2008
MamaMetro (AZ)
My two-and-a-half year old grandson can play with these blocks for hours and even enjoy putting them away. The key appears to be the proportions. I know he's registering spatial values as he figures out how to fit them back into the box. I know I'll be purchasing the other sets as well since it's such a fun activity to share with him. You can't go wrong.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent toy   September 21, 2008
M. McClellan
Toy was received in timing as indicated and in excellent condition. My boys love it!


5 out of 5 stars Blocks: Architecture and Unit block sets   September 15, 2008
Bror Hultgren (Ipswich, MA USA)
These blocks and the unit blocks are an excellent product, well made. They were a present, but similar ones that our children had were loved and cherished. Buy both sets.


2 out of 5 stars $50 for Blocks? Really?   July 28, 2008
M. Ruffini (Chicago, IL United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

Yes, the blocks are nice.
But $50? Give me a break. Overpriced for what they are.



3 out of 5 stars Good product Overall   July 27, 2008
Robert B. Apgar
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Well packaged. fast shipment. It would have been nice if it had been made of Maple (more durable than hardwoods used overseas where the product was made) No false advertizing here just a wish of higher quality