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Unit blocks have been a staple of early childhood education for over 100 years, and there's a very good reason they've stuck around. Here's what's going on when your child is building with blocks.
Innovating Block Play: Explore More, Build More, Play More
Keeping Caroline Pratt's main goals of totally open-ended, child-directed play at its heart, we at Guidecraft took on the challenge of innovating on her beautiful 100-year-old unit block system.
Unique Holiday Gifts and Toys for Young Builders
If you are looking for unique Hanukkah or Christmas gift inspiration for the little builders in your life, you’ve come to the right place! Guidecraft...
6 Steps to Set Up an Inviting Block Play Shelf
Setting up an organized, inviting block shelf is essential to facilitating meaningful play for children. By organizing blocks by shape and size on an open...
A Head Taller: Let Children Play on Their Own Terms
“In play, a child always behaves beyond his average age, above his daily behavior in play it is as though he were a head taller...
For young children, play is about experiencing the world: about getting their hands on and into all the things that spark their curiosity. Kids want...
Notch Blocks: Engaging Children in a Fully Integrated Block Building Experience
By: Cindy Gennarelli M.Ed., Director, Early Childhood Education Innovation, William Paterson University Wooden block building materials are a fundamental and natural manipulative used by children...
Blocks: Play with Toys the Natural Way – Lauren’s Learning Lab, Featuring Dr. Carla Horwitz
In this episode of Lauren’s Learning Lab, mom, architect and teacher, Lauren Magee is joined by Carla Horwitz MS, Dip. Ed, Ed. D and Child Study Center...