ArtFire

Build-Your-Own-StoryBlox(TM)
Hand Painted Alphabet Blocks
with 144 Sentence Fragments to build your own stories.

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Build-Your-Own-StoryBlox(tm) are part of the KinderBlox Project - for every 10 sets sold, one set will be donated to a school or classroom that cannot afford a set of their own.
See the following site for more information:
http://storyblox.com/kinderblox.asp
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Description:

Get a full set of Build-Your-Own-StoryBlox(TM) in an open-topped wooden box.

These blocks feature build-your-own-story text as well as a number of added educational benefits. They are great for home-schooling, pre-schools and nurseries, elementary classroom education, or plain old fun at home. They will entertain children of all ages, as well as adults that are children at heart, and can provide hours of fun, educational play.


Educational Benefits:


Letter/Number Recognition:

-> The 26 letters blocks have both upper and lower-case letters.
-> The remaining 10 blocks have numbers and symbols.
Each block contains words matching that block's letter or number.
-> Matching characters are underlined wherever they appear.

Colors:

-> Block letters alternate in red, blue, yellow and green.
-> Text on side 1 is red with blue underlines.
-> Text on side 2 is blue with red underlines.
-> Text on side 3 is green with purple underlines.
-> Text on side 4 is purple with green underlines.

Grammar:

-> Side 1 contains at least one noun.
-> Side 2 contains at least one verb.
-> Side 3 contains a prepositional phrase.
-> Side 4 contains at least one conjunction.

Reading:

-> When read in order, the sides of each block form a quirky little mini story.
-> Blocks can be arranged side by side in different orders to create a nearly endless number of stories.


Details:

A set includes 36 blocks (1.5" cube). The top of each block is a stenciled capital letter or a number (A-Z, 0-9), and the bottom is the matching lower case letter (a-z) or a punctuation mark (! $ & ? / : - % . +). The remaining four sides each contain random phrases and sentence fragments that, when put together with other blocks in the set, allow children to create a nearly endless combination of unique and quirky stories.


Packaging:

This set of blocks will come in an dovetailed, open-topped wood box similar to the ones in the first photo. Our new boxes, made by http://krtwood.etsy.com, are much sturdier than the boxes we've used in the past.

We have previously sold these sets in trays and plastic bins, but the new toys laws are forcing us to start over on packaging. We may have trays available in a few months, but do not expect to have the plastic bins again.


Special Information:

The letters, numbers and symbols are painted on using a very durable indoor/outdoor paint, the text on the sides is applied using a toner transfer process that sinks the toner into the wood. These blocks are VERY durable and will survive most any abuse that doesn't destroy the wood itself.

All of our products for children, including these blocks, meet the new CPSIA safety standards for lead/phthalates, etc. Any components not already exempted by the CPSC have been 3rd party tested. Please contact us if you'd like to see the certificate of compliance.


Want More?

These blocks are part of the StoryBlox(TM) line of educational children's alphabet blocks. Please check my other listings for NurseryBlox(TM) (nursery rhymes), SongBlox(TM) (classic children's songs), TwisterBlox(TM) (tongue twisters!) and PraiseBlox(TM) (Chirstian children's songs).

If you're interested in purchasing multiple sets, or would like to know when new sets become available, please email me. Orders of more than two sets may take a while to process, I will email with details, or you can email me prior to ordering.


Disclaimer:

If you are paying with check, money order, or paypal e-check, your item may be held until your payment clears.

Due to the handmade nature of this product, your blocks will vary slightly from the images.

Alphabet blocks are one of the best toys ever made, in my opinion. Most of the time, however, young children are left to play with them by themselves, and older children quickly lose interest in them. StoryBlox(tm) are much more engaging, as parents, caretakers and older siblings are much more inclined to play with small children, helping them to make up custom stories and reading with them.

Pre-school aged children will be able to play with these blocks just like regular alphabet blocks, but older children will also be interested in reading the silly stories on each block, and arranging the blocks side by side to make up their own stories. These blocks are also great for households with children of varying ages, as older children often enjoy showing off and reading to their younger siblings.

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