Early Learning Centre Wooden Bricks

Advantages: Great fun for little builders | And they're learning
Disadvantages: It hurts when they hit you

...of my time in the Early Learning Centre (ELC), and the one range of toys that keeps me coming back for more is their wooden toys. One of the first toys we bought in this range was the bucket of bricks. ~~~What you get~~~ The bricks come in a sturdy cardboard bucket that has a plastic lid and handle. There are a total of 100 bricks in a variety of shapes and colours. There are cubes, rectangular, triangular, arched and semi-circular bricks all just ...
...primary colours, and very tough. ~~~How to use them~~~ Well of course you could just give them to your child and let them build, but there are so many more ways you could use the bricks. So, I'll give you some examples of the games I've played with my children and these bricks : ~~Towers~~ Build a tower with the smaller cubes, and then let the child knock them down. This is a favourite with children of all ages from young babies upwards. As they ... Read review

Advantages: Bright, tough, and lots of them.
Disadvantages: none to speak of

...mentioned they were missing!) Early learning centre catalogue number Cat No: 108832 web page url http://www.elc.co.uk/toy-34323 (details on price and cat no are correct on 13/11/2005) And finally, you could always sand some off cuts of wood down yourself, then paint them, or shop around at the supermarkets for their "own brand" alternatives. ... Read review

Advantages: Hours of building fun
Disadvantages: none that i know of

These building bricks are really great i bought these for my sons birthday and he loves using his imagination and building really strange looking buildings its great he sits nice and quiet for hours on end playing with these really colouful bricks. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THESE BRICKS *********************************************** The bricks come in different shapes there are small and large squares,small and large rectanglesand small and large ...
...You can build numerous different things with these bricks i will list some of them. These things are houses,garages,towers,trains,boats bridges and rockets. My kids build rows of buildings and make their own little village which is really great they then pretend to go shopping at the shops they have just built. The bricks come in a range of four different colours which are blue,green,red and yellow the fact that they are colourful makes it all ... Read review

Advantages: Hardwearing - Brilliant fun - Perfect for Everyone
Disadvantages: Can be quite hard and some are quite small and can get into mouths

...bought our bucket from the early learning centre for our daughter over 3 years ago now, which goes to show that they are still selling strong. And we have had just as much fun as her playing with them, if not more :O) Also our son has inherited them too and loves them just as much. There are lots of different shapes and colours which makes them also educational as wel as fun, Quite big and sturdy. Pefect for little hands to hold and grip. (not the ...
...:D) One minor disadvantage some pieces are quite small and in our case ended up in one little mouth - nothing serious, and absolutely nothing wrong with the toy although perhaps leave the smaller ones to one side till after the everything in the mouth phase :) Very hard wearing and will last a lifetime - hardly any show to them for as much as they have been used - And just for the record we have still managed to keep the whole hundred, without ... Read review

Advantages: good toy
Disadvantages: none

Lets build a castle or a train station, maybe a house, or just a tall tower. We can use these building bricks they are not too big a brick. There are 100 in this bucket of bricks bought from the E. L.C. They cost £15. Groovee just tells me they have just been reduced to £10.00 thats excellent thanks Groovee. These bricks are brightly coloured with the primary colours, and they are interesting shapes. These bricks are excellent for developing fine ...
...learning of colours. These bricks are good for developing imaginations children can get lost in their imaginary worlds building a castle or a soldiers fort a house or just a simple tower. These bricks can entertain a child for ages. I think these bricks would be suitable for a child aged 2-3 upwards. Thanks for reading have fun playing with your child.Best wishes Mary ... Read review