The ZinkoTek Building System combines creativity and construction to create imaginative play structures. ZinkoTek is an educational construction toy made of brightly-colored, soft, yet sturdy, EVA foam pieces that link together to create a variety of structures such as animals, robots, giant bugs, jet planes, helicopters, and even play houses large enough for a child to play inside.
The basic parts of the building system are made from 100% recyclable EVA, soft, yet sturdy, foam. The set is designed so that a 3 year old can sort, connect and stack in a variety of ways, while an older child can build larger scale structures - all with the same set. With 276 pieces, ZinkoTek offers endless possibilities that will captivate boys and girls of all ages.
Completely weather-proof, the ZinkoTek Building System is equally fun indoors and out. Your child's buildings will change with their environment. ZinkoTek is truly a system that grows with your child.
View a list of all the ZinkoTek Building System parts here.
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small Parts. Not for Children Under 3 years old.
Educational Benefits of the ZinkoTek Building System
The ZinkoTek Building System is an innovative toy construction system with a great deal of intellectual value for children of all ages. Educational concepts that parents and teachers can expect children to learn from playing with ZinkoTek include:
Color & Shape Recognition
ZinkoTek building blocks encourage children to familiarize themselves with primary and secondary colors and recognize geometric figures to build special awareness skills.
Visualization
The ZinkoTek Building Systems easy-to-follow pictorial directions are provided in a format so children can see what they can build and how they can build it.
Imagination
ZinkoTek's versatility is based upon a patented matrix that creates limitless possibilities for completely free-form building fun. The ZinkoTek website includes an area where builders can upload and share designs with others.
Dexterity
ZinkoTeks engaging building for children ages 3 and up increases the development of motor skills by requiring children to handle pieces in a variety of sizes using hand-eye coordination.
Collaboration
ZinkoTek encourages children to share and work together by providing 276 parts to build great, imaginative structures.
Problem Solving
ZinkoTek provides the ability to combine the blocks in many ways, creating structures, which encourage goal-oriented play and open-ended problem solving.
Concentration
Because a certain amount of focus is required to achieve their visualized structure, ZinkoTek enables a child to use their concentration skills.
Drive & Accomplishment
ZinkoTeks large-scale building enables the child to imagine, create and actually play inside any number of structures they create. A child can share their final structure with other children and with family members, feeling a great sense of accomplishment in the process.
The ZinkoTek Building System is great for schools, daycares, camps, families, single and multiple kids together.
The ZinkoTek Building System Awards
The toy industry has been taking note of ZinkoTek and some of the prestigious awards weve been honored with in the past year include:
Creative Child Magazines Top Toy of the Year Award
In this competitive awards program, all toys submitted are reviewed by moms and early childhood education professionals. Only one product per category can win a Toy of the Year Award and ZinkoTek took the honors in 2008 under the Builder Construction Toy System category.
Dr. Toys 100 Best Children's Products for 2008
Only toys that meet Dr. Toys high standards of evaluation are chosen to be featured in The Dr. Toy Guide.
2008 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Winner
In the NAPPA awards program, products are judged by independent experts and ZinkoTek was named among the best products available to children and families in 2008.
San Diego Family Magazines Summers Hottest Toys
Coming in as one of the top toys out of 60 submissions, ZinkoTek thrilled the adult and kid testers with creativity and durability, scoring a 9 out of 10.
Able Play
The ZinkoTek Building System received high ratings on Able Play, an independent toy rating system which examines toys for children with special needs.
Toy Tips Report Card
ZinkoTek has also received an A as an overall score on Toy Tips Report Card.
In The Media
In February 2008, Chris Byrne aka The Toy Guy recognized ZinkoTek as one of the Top Ten Toys of the 2008 Toy Fair and featured us on Live with Regis & Kelly during Toy Week.