Building

Steven Caney's Ultimate Building Book
$29.95
This book really is the "Ultimate Building Book." I am a teacher of third and fourth graders and plan to use this book to supplement my teaching in the upcoming year. It has wonderful construction ideas for children, step-by-step pictures, key vocabulary, great descriptions of all kinds of buildings in both the natural world and those constructed by people, and even includes stories and other language arts connections. Of course the connections to science, social studies, and math are natural outcomes of the projects. Wow! One could teach from this book with no other curriculum and fill a year with child-centered activities and learning. Creative students will love the ideas supplied in this book and every child will be challenged to look at the many forms of construction we see around us with new eyes. I'd recommend this book to parents of kids ages 4-14 and to teachers who enjoy providing creative educational instruction.

ZOOB 75-Piece Basic Set
$21.99
This is an excellent toy. I would say it is the 'next generation Lego'. All the kids in the neighborhood love to come play with them. It stimulates creativity and thinking. They create everything from sunglasses, hats, swords, cars, boats, dudes and they use them with other toys/games. This is one of the BEST toys - I've even bought the 250 set to donate to the elementary school

Kid K'Nex - Railroad Pals Building Set
$24.99
K'NEX Railroad Building PalsBuild fun train cars, engines, cabooses and more! Now with NEW KID K'NEX blocks plus lots of colorful, chunky KID K'NEX rods & connectors and personality parts, like eyes, wheels and a smoke stack! Includes an idea sheet with 20+ building ideas to inspire your little one's creativity. Handy storage containers for easy clean-up and take-along fun!

Gears! Gears! Gears!��� Beginner's Building Set
$29.95
I gave this to my 3-year old grandson for his birthday. He played with it for over an hour and has since, according to his mom, continued to be fascinated with it. I recommend that future customers read reviews and follow the advice that the Beginner's Set is the best for children under 5 years. My grandson is not yet able to grasp the building capabilities of this toy, but enjoys stacking the gears like Legos, and spinning them by hand on their base. His mom is thrilled that other sets can be bought to add as he grows (I'm already thinking about the spinning monkeys for Christmas!)
Super toy! Wish it came with more than one handle to spin the gears.