Unit Block Introductory Set and Cart by Community Playthings

Community Playthings Unit Blocks are carefully designed, manufactured with craft out of maple hardwood for durability and learning.

And their unique modular design makes them powerful tools for discovering proportion, volume and principals of construction.

Just make sure you purchase enough to satisfy all your young builders’ requirements.

This set contains: the introductory set of 97 unit blocks in 17 shapes and block cart.

Comes with an open cart with a tilted bed that keeps the blocks on the cart -- ideal for block storage or transport,

Community Playthings Unit Block, sets deliver years of open-ended creative play. They are precisely engineered from durable maple hardwood, with a finely feathered finish that children find so satisfying to touch, hold and build with.

Community Playthings measure their blocks to the nearest one quarter of a mm or 1/100th of an inch! Because they are so accurately cut, children can stack to form robust structures for real STEM discovery.

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Modularity is the Key

Educators agree that modular blocks can teach mathematical concepts like length, volume, fractions and geometry – even literacy.

All Unit Blocks and Hollow Blocks share the same modular dimensions: the length of each unit is exactly twice the width, which is exactly twice the thickness. And when you mix all four sets, you'll find that the Mini Units are half the size of the Unit, which are half the size of the Mini Hollows... et cetera. This modularity inspires children to build stable structures combining all the sets, while exploring important math concepts.

Dimensions

Block cart measures 61 cm W x 30 cm D x 38 cm H (24" W x 12" D x 15" H)

Design for a Lifetime of Child Care

Community Playthings (CP) furniture and toys are purpose built for early years classrooms with predominantly natural materials like maple hardwood. They are designed to realize an open-ended play-to-learn educational goals.

• CP furniture is built using mortise and tenon joints — one of the strongest in woodworking.
• Maple hardwood construction.
• Protective finish is infrared bonded – does not wear off no matter how often you clean.
• Backed by Louise Kool with a Lifetime Warranty

It is not unusual for Community Playthings products to last decades and even generations.

Designed for Child Care Safety

Community Playthings products do not just comply with regulations: they are designed with children’s health and safety as a core principle. Utmost vigilance is maintained to ensure all known or suspected hazards are eliminated from the product line.

• Pinch free hinges
• Childproof latches
• Rounded edges

Community Playthings’ rigorous design process, including failure mode and effects analysis, reduces the risk of equipment-related accidents and are a natural result of child-centred design.

Environmental design for your centre and the world

Rather than awaiting regulation, CP’s product developers closely monitor scientific research, moving early to eliminate potential chemical hazards. While other manufacturers may insist that endocrine disrupters and phthalates are harmless, but CP’s green chemistry policy requires greater responsibility. All Community Playthings furniture products are made from low emitting materials -- safe for your children and staff.

• Certified to meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credit standards.
• BPA and PVC free. Parents can be assured that there is nothing safer on the market; Community Playthings is BPA and PVC free.