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ED Smart Block Demo – Timberdoodle Vodcast #0090

Not just your standard building blocks!  ED Smart Blocks are wooden building blocks with self-righting magnets, holding your child’s creations together, and allowing them to be played with in whatever shapes your child can imagine.

Set includes blocks for building sixteen winged models, but so many more possibilities.  If you get stuck, there are instructions for building the winged models on the back of the box.

From Timberdoodle.com:
Smart Block‘s wooden pieces, with the always attaching, never repelling magnets, are safe and easy for children to separate and put back together. With thirty gorgeous pieces in a variety of shapes, Smart Block Aircraft builds sixteen winged models (as pictured on the back of the box), but that is just the beginning. This innovative, multi-faceted construction toy encourages creativity, development of spatial perception, and even problem solving as young children build their own unique models. Made of sturdy beechwood, Smart Block Aircraft is suitable for ages three and older.

For more information, visit timberdoodle.com/smartblocks.

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How to Play SmartCar #0087

From Timberdoodle.com:
There are many more ways of building a car than most preschoolers realize! In SmartCar, you have four identically shaped blocks, with only the color and placement of the eyes on the blocks being different. The object of this 3-D puzzle is to make a car that matches the image as shown in the challenge.

Most three year olds will find it challenging enough to build the cars by looking at the solutions. But after completing all the solutions, they will be ready to tackle the actual puzzles. SmartCar includes forty-eight challenges (ranging from easy to difficult), solutions, wooden car chassis, and four colorful wooden blocks. For ages three to eight.

For more information, visit timberdoodle.com/smartcar.

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Why Smartmax is the Best Magnetic Kit For Toddlers & Preschoolers – Timberdoodle Vodcast #0083

From Timberdoodle.com:
SmartMax Magnetic Discovery Building Sets are multifaceted magnetic construction kits that include exceptionally powerful magnets permanently encapsulated inside chunky, multicolored bars. This set includes long, short and curved bars, plus plum-sized (1.8″ diameter) lightweight metal balls sized just right for little hands to manipulate. With such a variety of pieces, toddlers can create countless 2-D or 3-D objects while exploring magnetism and gravity in a safe way.

What sets SmartMax Extreme apart from mediocre jumbo magnet sets is not just their excellent design but more so their colorfully illustrated guide that will help you teach your little ones about magnets, what they are and how they work. There are toddler-appropriate experiments and lots of models to imitate. From simple recognition of the different pieces and their colors to the growing complexity of the models, your toddler’s reasoning and manipulative skills will be put to the test for years to come.

For more information visit timberdoodle.com/smartmax.

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What Are The Different Lego Flashlights? Timberdoodle’s Homeschool Vodcast #0033

Of the three different LEGO flashlights, which would be best for your family? Watch as Abel gives a quick description and demo of each, so that you can find the perfect fit for your family.

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CitiBlocs – Timberdoodle’s Homeschool Vodcast Special Edition

We’ve already demonstrated that Citiblocs are a terrifically simple construction set, but have you considered all the possibilities for deconstruction as well? In this video you’ll see that part of our warehouse team had a lot of fun demonstrating how Hot Rocketz can be used to knock down Citibloc towers! (Hint: This is a great family reunion or large group activity.) We apologize for the technical difficulties this week; thanks for bearing with us!

CitiBlocs Snake

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