Grimm's Large Shapes & Colors Building Set, Part 1 - Colorful Wooden Blocks in 5 Geometric Forms with Storage Trays (4x4 Size)

This unique and useful building set offers a wide range of color combinations and shapes. An essential addition for any home or classroom, children will find many way to use these building elements for open-ended play, building structures and learning new concepts. Stacking and combining new shapes is a fun and engaging way for children to gain an understanding of geometric forms. The shapes are excellent 3-D math manipulatives, even for older children, to explore geometry concepts including circles, squares, rectangles, cubes, cylinders, triangles, measurement and much more. Ideal for Kindergarteners, this set is brilliant on its own, but is sized to work in conjunction with any of the other large 4x4 blocks (with a 4 cm thickness) by Grimm's, including the Large Building Sets (Basic, Standard, 1001 Nights or Romanesque, Stepped Pyramid, etc), Geo Blocks, Elements of Nature stackers and more. Manufactured according to stringent European toy safety standard EN71 and certified non toxic. About Grimm's:Nestled in small town Germany, and steeped in the rich European history of handcrafted woodworking and toy-making, Grimm's Spiel und Holz Design lovingly creates heirloom-quality, imaginative wooden playthings loved by children (and even adults!) of all ages. Inspired by the philosophy of Waldorf education, Grimm's intent is to develop long-lasting toys that help children discover and develop their own creativity.Parents love Grimm's because these high-quality designs encourage exploration, out-of-the-box thinking, and open-ended, independent play. The engaging wooden creations attract with beauty and vibrant colors and include the simple to the elaborate: an array of beautiful building blocks sets and block puzzles, wooden dolls and fabric Waldorf dolls, stacking towers, baby rattles/teething toys, magnetic design puzzles and lots more.

• 5 stacking wooden trays, each holding colorful building pieces of a different geometric form: triangle, cubes, dominoes, cylinders & stepped blocks
• A perfect starter block set that can be used for building and exploring shapes (recommended for kindergarten classrooms or at-home learning)
• Children will discover new, unique ways to combine the shapes; Mix with other wooden blocks for expansive building projects; Also look for Shapes & Colors Set Part 2, available separately with additional geometric shapes
• Includes a total of 70 pieces in 7 main colors (however the flat rectangular color charts/domino shapes include 28 different color shades)
• Made from sustainable linden wood and colored with certified non-toxic, water based stains (no paints or varnish!), and Part of Grimm's "4x4" building family, this set can be combined seamlessly to other large 4x4 blocks from Grimm's