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Building Toys: How to Choose by Age

Construction play runs the entire arc of early childhood, from the six-month-old who knocks over a stack of foam cubes to the five-year-old who builds...

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Block Play by Developmental Stage

Few play materials have the research record blocks do. Wolfgang and colleagues followed preschoolers' block play and found it predicted high-school ma...

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Best Building Sets for Children Under Three

Walk into any toy aisle and the construction section looks endless. Strip out the small-parts hazards, the kits that lock you into building one specif...

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Balance and Coordination Games With Blocks

Blocks are usually used at a table or floor level in sitting play, but they have another life as props for active movement play. Once a child is mobil...

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Block Play and Construction: Why Building Things Matters for Development

Blocks may be the most studied toy in educational history. From Friedrich Froebel placing wooden blocks (the "Froebel Gifts") at the centre of his kin...

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