Melissa & Doug Deluxe 50-piece Wooden ABC/123 Blocks Set
Melissa & Doug Deluxe 50-piece Wooden ABC/123 Blocks Set
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5
- Building developmental skills is simple with our wide selection of blocks.
- Promote motor skills and creative development with cardboard and wooden blocks.
- Teach animal, letter and number recognition with ABC and nesting blocks.
- 8.7 x 7.7 x 2.7
Product Description
Stack, spell and count with these 50 colorful blocks, each featuring a variety of pictures, letters and numbers. Comes in a see-through storage box with handy carrying handle. Measures 6″L x 6.5″W x 3′D.Editorial Review
With all the high-tech electronic toys available for kids today, it would seem that the basics would be long forgotten. However, often the classic toys are the ones children want to play with the most. This classic block set includes 50 so… More >>
Melissa & Doug Deluxe 50-piece Wooden ABC/123 Blocks Set
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Filed under: Learning Toys
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Although the recommended age is 2 years, I confirmed with the manufacturer that this age recommendation is for the child’s interest/educational sake and not safety related. My ten month old loved the blocks and immediately bagan examining each one, as well as tasting them as everything goes in her month at this age. Within minutes, I noticed she had something in her mouth that she was chewing on. The blocks are made from such soft wood that with a little saliva she was able to scrape wood (and ink) off with her teeth! The ink on the side of the block was already smearing with a little saliva, and as I said she was able to scrape off the wood– enough to chew on! Needless to say, the toy was taken away from her (much to her dismay). I was very disappointed with the quality of this classic styled old fashioned toy.
Rating: 3 / 5
I just received the blocks and although they are nice they are very,very small- only about 1 inch square. I can’t believe how tiny they are!!! I didn’t even know they made blocks that small, lol.
Rating: 3 / 5
I got these blocks quite a while ago, proud of myself for finding these “good old blocks”. They SUCK!! The paint was peeling off the first time it got a little saliva on it! The wood itself is very soft and easily destroyed and splintery!! Stay away from the Old Fashion Type Blocks!!!!!
Rating: 2 / 5
What a great little block set! My son, now a year old, received these as a holiday gift, and absolutely adores them. They are much smaller than the originals, but fit in his little hands better, and are easy for him to pick up and carry.
It doesn’t bother me that the block letters don’t match the subsequent pictures displayed on each cube; I like the freestyle approach. I also don’t plan for him to play with these for the rest of his life; I figure by the time he’s really learning his letters and sounds he’ll have moved on to more challenging toys. So my current expectation for these little blocks is being met.
He loves to stack them (and knock them back down again), clang them together, skip them across the hardwood floors, suck on them (haven’t noticed any problem with the wood or paint either), and fill pots and pans with them. He loves to put them in the clear case as well, and to dump them back out again.
Overall, for the ten bucks this is a great basic toy that my son has gotten a lot of mileage from already. I have noticed a big improvement in his gross and fine motor skills already, as he’s already stacking them six high and sometimes able to pick up two at a time.
I’d recommend this toy to anyone with a child a year or so and older. I think the 2 year minimum age is a bit old, actually, and have encountered no safety problems whatsoever in giving them to my 1 year old.
Rating: 5 / 5
These blocks are classic and very sturdy. Of the 50 in the set, 38 are letter blocks. There is a different letter on both sides: the “A” block has “N” on the bottom, etc. Of the 38 there are
5 A/N blocks
4 B/O blocks
2 C/P blocks
2 D/Q blocks
5 E/R blocks
3 F/S blocks
3 G/T blocks
2 H/U blocks
4 I/V blocks
2 J/W blocks
2 K/X blocks
2 L/Y blocks
and 2 M/Z blocks.
The other 12 are blocks bearing numbers and the +, -, and = symbols. Happy spelling/building!
Rating: 5 / 5