Blocks And 3d Puzzles

When I resolve to come to You

Amid the chunks and cracks

Of all my mundane days-

When I resolve to listen

Really listen to Your gentle voice

Suddenly I know anew

That You are life

And life is joy!

Like a singing brook

Joy splashes over

All the common “dailies”

Until each empty space

Of my hungry heart

Is touched with new-born ecstasy.

Both parents and grandparents are still buying ImagiBRICKS for their children and grandchildren. Customers are telling us they are happy that these durable cardboard blocks are still available.

You will only find ImagiBRICKS building blocks toys for sale online as they are not usually sold in your neighborhood toy stores.  Parents with limited space can select from 16 piece sets as well as 24 piece sets and our most popular size, the 40 piece blocks toy sets.

These lightweight cardboard blocks are so big they help kids build up their self confidence as they create tall towers, buildings, forts and every other imaginable structure.  Because there is no wrong way to build a child can create to his hearts content and children of varying ages can “work” together for a common goal.

When children build something “all their own”, it makes them happy and gives them a sense of well-being and builds their self-confidence.  Parents and educators who provide their children with large building blocks toys notice that children gravitate to a pile of blocks and immediately begin interacting with one another.

Movement of the large muscles of the body refers to gross motor control and begins developing from birth.  Your babies first learned motor control begins with the control of his own head and torso.

Your child will then go on to master sitting, crawling, standing and eventually walking, running and jumping as well as the range of activities.  Meanwhile your child will be learning balance and the ability to maintain equilibrium, body awareness (for improved posture and control), major muscle co-ordination and spatial orientation.

You can help your children improve and master spatial orientation – the awareness of his body position in space and in relation to other objects (or people), by providing him with giant cardboard building blocks.  Even when your child is too young to begin building structures with toy blocks they are a useful educational toy for other purposes.

By placing the toy blocks around in a maze-like configuration your child will love mastering walking (or running) around the blocks.  To begin building your child’s major muscles and co-ordination, have him/her help you construct towers; this will also help with your child’s balance.

Your older children may want to build structures with the cardboard blocks so have enough on hand for both activities. Sixteen piece set of ImagiBRICKS is pictured above.  We also carry sets of 24, 40 and bulk quantity cardboard blocks.

While your radio is softly playing in the background take a moment and listen to how your kids are playing. You will find opportunities to gently guide your children as they are playing with their toddler learning toys.

Children who have open-ended learning toys will have opportunities for creative learning fun and as you listen to them “plan” and “work” together you will notice that their social skills are developing.  When you take a moment to “tune into” their play you will be able to provide guidance in their social development when and where needed.

While children are playing with such toys as cardboard blocks and building towers and other structures you will notice which children take leadership in the planning.  You will begin to notice if there is a child being bossy or how he accepts suggestions as another child offers his own ideas.

Toy cardboard blocks, such as a set of CityBlocks by Smart Monkey Toys, is a fun toddler learning toy and provides your children an opportunity for creative play and work that builds important social skills they will need all through their lives.

Children playing together are not only creating reality in play, they are also adapting to new realities, work, and therefore it is important to allow children many opportunities for unstructured playtime every day.

Lord

May I settle it once and for all

That I am dealing directly with You.

You need never apologize

For any plan You ordain for me

Since nothing but good

Can come from Your hand.

You are sufficient

For every changing circumstance

In my God-planned life-

For every unchanging circumstance as well.

To fulfill the needs of all the animals, Noah carefully built the Ark to Gods specifications. The Ark did indeed have room for all the animals that God brought to Noah before the Flood.

Noah did not have to go out and find the correct animals – God brought each one to him and this probably included a young pair of each main type of dinosaur.  God may have just brought Noah the basic types of dinosaurs He first created.

Young dinosaurs would be smaller than full grown adult dinosaurs and easier to care for.  You probably already figured out that the younger dinosaurs would also eat less food and would require a much smaller room.

It is said that dinosaurs lived for a few centuries, at least, after the Flood, but probably not in the great numbers that there once had been before the Flood.  It is not exactly known when dinosaurs finally died out, according to the article I read.

To help teach kids about many different dinosaurs they will enjoy playing with wooden kids toys and playsets that include brightly colored, chunky pieces.  Our Dinosaur puzzle play set is a safe children’s wooden toy that doubles as a 3d wooden puzzle.  Each puzzle piece is a unique dinosaur and makes a separate toy by itself.

Did you know many of the animals on Noah’s Ark may have slept most of the time?

Noah’s Ark was said to have been the largest sea-going vessel ever built until the late nineteenth century when giant metal ships were first constructed. Its length to width ratio of six to one provided excellent stability on the high seas. In fact, modern shipbuilders say it would have been almost impossible to turn over. In every way, it was admirably suited for riding out the tremendous storms in the year of the flood.

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. (Gen. 6: 14-16).

The image above is the size comparison between average size one-story home and Noah’s Ark. Illustration from The World that Perished. By the way a cubit is the distance between an adult’s elbow and tip of the finger, no less than 18-inches [45.72 centimeters].

Teaching children about the Flood and the Ark and about all the animals God brought to Noah before it began to rain will become more “alive” when you child has a “real” Ark of his own. 

ImagiPLAY’s wooden toy playset is hand-crafted and has 28 pieces.  This toddler learning toy includes different male and female animals such as elephants, pigs, polar bears, giraffe’s and more. Store all the animals in the Ark for safe keeping.

Make a fun Valentine’s Card that is made to share.  An added plus is that your child can practice learning about basic math concepts such as number recognition, shapes, and patterns.

While your child designs an imaginative and artistic set of counting cards you may use this craft as a learning tool to reinforce mathematical abilities.

You can see a sample of this craft and get the directions and a list of needed supplies at this website –

http://www.education.com/activity/article/valentine-day-counting-cards/

Hope you enjoy this craft project.  Don’t forget to take a look at our website and see all our number and alphabet 3d wooden puzzles such as our counting penguins pictured here.

Your child will love games played at their level, on the floor.  You and your toddler will have plenty of laughs when you get down on the floor and play with them.

With or without “props” you can laugh yourself silly and kids of all ages can participate.  Play peek-a-boo by crawling around furniture (watch the sharp edges of tables, please).  You could set up pillows and cushions around the room and have races around the objects.

Have a make believe zoo and each person is a different animal.  Talk about the animals and how they might relate to one another.  Before you plan this you could do online research and get some simple facts about several animals; find some that do well together and maybe some who can not co-exist.

Bring out your son’s trucks, earth moving equipment trucks, police cars and fire trucks and make up some games.  If you have large toy blocks such as ImagiBRICKS cardboard building blocks you can “build” garages, police stations, fire stations and such.

Giant building blocks are also good for crawling around while playing peek-a-boo.  Weaving in and out of a maze of blocks helps children learn balance – they aren’t supposed to knock the blocks down while maneuvering around each set of blocks.

Wind down the fun by playing something quieter such as putting puzzles together or coloring. Maybe you will all fall asleep for a little nap right there on the floor.  Just grab one of the pillows and snuggle up with your toddler.

A child’s brain is likened to a sponge and absorbs enormous amounts of a variety of information. Because the brain continues to expand as it grows it is important to expose your children to a variety of open-ended wooden kids toys.

Not only are children exposed to a variety of toddler learning toys at home, there are wooden toys in their daycare, Sunday school and waiting rooms. Where ever your children are becomes an opportunity for teaching opportunities.

You can help your children learn colors, for example, while sitting in the doctor’s office.  If you put down your magazine and observe the toddler toys available you could point out to your child a chair and say to him “this is a chair.  The color of the chair is blue”. 

Quality education is most important to the mental health and growth of all young children and it is because of this that you will find it beneficial to surround your children with playsets, wood puzzles and other toys that have a variety of shapes and colors to keep your children interested in play and learning.

Your child may love playing with a Sealife puzzle playset pictured above.  Each chunky puzzle piece is it’s own creature including a sea horse, crab and turtle.  Made from splinter-proof wood this is one of our toddler learning toys is for ages 3 up.