Edushape Wood-Like Soft Blocks, 30 Pieces - Nurture Imagination and Spark Creativity Toys Ideal Birthday Present - for Kids Aged 3+

These blocks are wonderful when your trying to teach little ones about playing safely with others! We had a few incidents with students throwing around hard, heavy wood blocks and decided to make the transition to these soft, wood-like blocks until we can discuss and fortify the safe playing rules for the block area. Our students still love to play with these blocks and our teachers and aides are happy that no students are accidentally getting hurt.

Debated these because we already had magnatiles and duplos, and did we really need another building toy? Plus I wondered if these were too babyish for my soon to be three year old twins. So glad I got them. 1. They require a different skill set because they don't lock in place by magnet or form. I watched the twins having to figure out why this long piece wouldn't stay up, and how to place supports, what pieces would balance in a tower, and why some shapes wouldn't fit. 2. Allowed for more imagination.Pieces became houses, and then the house started to become a castle, and then it needed a walkway, and the walkway became the point and the castle went to a path they could balance on (pieces are sturdy.) Later circular pieces became wheels on a car. The car couldn't go anywhere since the wheels had no way to attach, but that didn't matter. 4. All buildings must come down, sometimes accidentally, and sometimes with deliberate kicks. These blocks hurt neither each other nor my floors as they go. 5. Plenty of blocks for the price. I saw both positives and negatives on this, but am mystified at what some could have been expecting. There were enough for both children to play happily. I suppose when they are old enough to build more complex structures this could change, but then I could just add to it.

Love these! They look like wood (very attractive) but are foam (or some approximation) and therefore are light, easily to take and travel, and the texture makes building easier -- a little grip instead of the typical smooth, hard wood block surface. My (just turned) two year-old does very well with them and retains interest longer because he is succeeding. Also, as they are light and slightly soft, when your kiddo eventually gets silly and knocks them down, no damage, no accidental bonks. =) Really great. Wish I'd gotten these before wooden blocks -- I'd have never gotten the wooden.

My grandson absolutely LOVES these blocks. They are made of hard foam so they stack great for building stuff with them but they are soft and don't hurt and are not loud.

My grandchildren just love these foam blocks. At three and five, the blocks are easily manipulated. The foam is very firm, but not a problem if a child throws a piece. The blocks can be stacked into high towers or used to construct small buildings. Although the box looks small in the picture, the package is quite large. The blocks vary in size and shape. The kids play with them for hours. So glad that we got them.

Very nice blocks, but they were smaller than I expected.

These blocks were smaller than I expected--it must have been the jumbo version we had been playing with at a local play gym. Also, they advertise 80 blocks, which sounds like tons, but included in the 80 are a dozen or so pieces that are merely the cut-outs from the other blocks (a donut hole is to a donut as these pieces are to the other blocks).

A big favorite in my home daycare! The kids love these blocks. They will spend hours building castles and playing and then when the inevitable throwing begins, I don't have to worry about them hurting each other or my windows. These blocks are super light and soft. I definitely recommend these blocks!

Comprati con gruppo di mamme per l'asilo, sono belli, compatti ma leggeri. I bambini li adorano...ma hanno un prezzo francamente troppo alto!

ça ressemble à des jouets en bois et c'est ludique comme des jouets en bois MAIS C'EST EN MOUSSE TRES COMPACTE : ca ne fait pas de bruit, ça ne fait pas mal quand l'enfant décide de le lancer sur nous (lol) et en plus , ce n'est pas de la mousse qui peut se décomposer ! Nous connaissons ce produit depuis plusieurs années en version couleur et tous les enfants l'adorent ! dommage que nous n'ayons pas trouvé la version couleur sur le site (ou ailleurs d'ailleurs) (pour un cadeau) JE RECOMMANDE CE PRODUIT

Excellent product to use safely with very young children - no heavy wooden bricks to cause injury, Provides plenty of imaginative activities to be enjoyed.

Je l'avais acheté pour mon neveu quand il a commencé à vouloir attraper et jouer & construire. Passé l'âge de 3 ans, il utilise toujours autant et c'est parfait (pas de bruits et les parents sont contents!)

Not enough blocks & not big enough!