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The best classic wooden building blocks for kids

Since wooden building blocks typically have letters and numbers embossed on their sides, the toys help kids learn about the alphabet and counting. The learning comes in a fun fashion as the blocks tend to entertain children and hold their interest for a long time. Draw the educational benefits of a toy from yesteryear by getting one of these leading wooden building block sets for your kids.

Wooden building blocks — such as large wooden building blocks — can be stacked to create myriad shapes. They are designed to stack easily and be very durable. The blocks hold up to so much punishment that it’s common for sets to be passed from generation to generation. To make a set part of your family’s learning aids for years to come, get one of these high-quality wooden building block packs.

Melissa & Doug Standard Unit Blocks

Best Developmental

A list of the best developmental wooden building block sets includes the Melissa & Doug Standard Unit Blocks. The 60 natural-finished and smooth-sanded hardwood blocks are designed to inspire fun play while helping to develop early math concepts — including shapes, parts-to-a-whole, and sorting — hand-eye coordination and patience. The blocks come in a wooden crate for easier storage.

Lewo Large Wooden Building Blocks

Best Colored

If you're interested in very colorful wooden building blocks, consider the Lewo Large Wooden Building Blocks. The 32 hardwood pieces come in red, yellow, orange, autumn orange-red, blue, green, and burlywood colors. Made of high-quality, non-toxic materials, the blocks are shaped like rectangular prisms, cubes, cylinders, half circles, arches, rectangular planks, and triangles.

SainSmart Jr. Wooden ABC Blocks

Best Abc Blocks

If only a top set of ABC wooden building blocks will do, grab the SainSmart Jr. Wooden ABC Blocks. The traditional carved and stamped ABC and 1-2-3 theme set comes with 40 blocks featuring capital letters, numbers, and mathematical symbols. Made of imported pine from Australia, the blocks can be stacked, built, counted, and sorted.

Kids can stack em up and knock em down — and learn about letters and numbers in the process — by playing with wooden building blocks. These top-of-the-line block sets aim to be both highly entertaining and educational toys.

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The time has come. You have agreed to let your child invite their friends to your home for a sleepover. Now, you need to figure out how to keep a group of kids entertained for the night. There's no need to start having a panic attack. It can be easy if you break down the activities a bit. If you need help with how to keep the kids occupied, we have a list of things to do at a sleepover, no matter what age group, so everyone is tuckered out by bedtime.
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Put together themed charcuterie boards
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Make baked goods
Have you been meaning to make those cookies for weeks? Well, make it a fun activity for the kids to do at the sleepover. Children love to bake and be in the kitchen, and it boosts their self-esteem, but the best part is everyone gets to enjoy the baked goods. If you have any of those themed cookbooks, let the kids pick out a couple of things to bake from there.
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