HoneyJar Uncle Goose Groovie Blocks (28 pcs)

• 28 blocks with debossed numerals and math symbals on on side and geometric shape sets that correspond to the number on the site side.
• 1 3/4" cubes.
• made from basswood and non-toxic, child safe inks.
• age: 4+.
• made in Michigan.

Product description ------------------- Your child will have lots of fun learning basic math concepts, sorting, sites and counting while playing with these colorful, grovie blocks. .com ---- This is a wonderful set of wooden blocks, and their nontoxic, colored embossing (on four sides!) is not merely decorative. Grooves on two sides make it easy to interlock the blocks (1.5 inches each). Eighteen of the blocks are numbered (two sets of 0 to 9). On the reverse side of each numbered block is an embossed group of the same number of shapes. But each set is different. For example, a 3-by-3-inch grid of nine green squares--all the same size--are on the back of one of the "9" blocks. On the other "9" block is solar-system-like arrangement of nine different-size circles. So the concept of number can be appreciated--visually and by feel--independent of size. The nonembossed sides are vividly painted patterns that can be used for matching shapes and, in combination, for creating larger shapes. A useful sheet of suggested play activities is included. --Louise Carter P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review ------ These strikingly innovative wood blocks make it possible to combine construction play, mathematical discoveries, and pattern-making. Each block has interlocking grooves on two sides for topple-proof building. For starters, make two towers, or lines, each using blocks with a different color of embossed numerals (0 - 9). site each number you'll see a corresponding embossed shape (one diamond, two circles, etc.). On the blocks of one tower these shapes are the same size, arranged symmetrically; on the other tower they are random in size and arrangement for greater challenge in counting. Each block also displays painted geometric shapes, math symbols, other images and paradigms. (Ruth B. Roufberg, Parents' Choice, 1995) -- From Parents' Choice® ( /exec/obidos/subst/partners/marketing/parents-choice.html ) See more ( javascript:void(0) )