Basic Building Blocks | Set 1

Grimm's £78.95

Grimm's Basic Building Blocks are the perfect first set, thanks to their simple geometrical shapes and bright colours. Creativity, fine motor skills, logical and spatial thinking are all stimulated through construction play. Children love to build their own small worlds - and knock them down. Contains 30 colourful wooden building blocks in a wooden frame. Handcrafted from lime wood, with non-toxic water based color stains and plant-oil finish.
Frame Dimensions: 44.5 x 44.5 cm
Single blocks length 4-24 cm, 4 cm thickness

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Grimm's toys are no relation of the famous Brothers Grimm, but full of fairytale magic nonetheless. There’s a big emphasis on simplicity through all Grimm’s wooden toys, which makes them good to have around for all the family. Instead of paint and varnish, the wood is hand-dipped into the colour stain - non-toxic food dye - and left unfinished. The matte, textured effect this gives greatly extends play possibilities. Constructions built with Grimm's blocks are reassuringly stable as the pieces don't slip against each other. We especially like that their packaging is fully recyclable and can be transformed for imaginative play. Like the box you can turn into a theatre for little figures - two toys for the price of one.

Why we love blocks

Spatial awareness

Like puzzle pieces, blocks fit together. Unlike puzzle pieces, they can do so in a variety of ways. Learning to predict what fits where is the work of many years. Which pieces will I need? Do I have enough? The expert can see simply by turning the blocks over in her mind.
Small world play

Is your castle missing a section of wall? Does your railway need a tunnel? Never fear! Here is your humble set of blocks to the rescue. Infinitely versatile, blocks provide the canvas upon which to paint your stories.
Pattern-making

Red, blue, red, blue; big, small, big, small. So much of early mathematical thinking is about making patterns. Can you see how it's a small skip from here to odds and evens or the two-times table? A set of blocks like the one above can even illustrate a number's relative size and how it can be combined to make ten.