Beka 06501 30-Piece Little Builder & Whimsie Block Set

Creative Value of Building Blocks Constructive, open-ended play Creative opportunities: Play develops as child grows – from lining up to stacking to bridging to creating enclosures to thematic play. Testing attractiveness of structures  Pretend play structures Rewards: Demonstrates math concepts  Develops ability to visualize relationships Demonstrates balance and gravity  Develops social skills Helps coping with frustration Builds self-esteem Develops large and small motor skills Develops eye-hand coordination  ANOTHER EXTRA

This 30-piece wooden Beka Building Block play set combines Beka's Traditional Unit Blocks, their Little Builder interlocking blocks and two of their new Whimsical Wheels wooden vehicles. With basic building blocks, children can play for hours building towers, bridges, cities, creatures, and more with these toys that inspire creativity, patience, and small-motor skills. Hours of fun for growing imaginations as they can rebuild them over and over and over in creative new ways.

Each piece is made from hard maple, a Northern hardwood, for great durability.

• Maple building blocks are heirloom quality, lasts a lifetime
• Northern hardwood, for great durability of building blocks
• Weight increases stability of building block "towers"
• Maple is a renewable domestic resource
• Hard Maple building blocks develop a patina with use.

Just right for growing, creative hands, our the hard maple Unit Blocks help children learn basic number concepts, develop logical thinking and improve motor skills. All are smooth sanded, have rounded edges and corners, with no artificial finish. These building blocks are based on the traditional Froebel rectangular unit of 1-3/8" X 2-3/4" X 5-1/2".

Vehicles are fitted with wooden wheels for open-ended imaginative play, perfect for small growing hands. Adds a new dimension of pretend play to the quality Beka block sets.

Little Builder Blocks are notched half unit blocks connect together with unit flats to create a whole new level in block play.

A quality Beka wooden block set.

Read about the child development value of wooden and oversized building blocks here.