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2. Building blocks (toy) - Wikipedia

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   Compared to most ceramic or wooden kits, constructions can be created that can also withstand (to a limited extent) tensile forces.Compared to metal building sets or de:Metallbaukasten, however, building block sets have only weak cohesiveness, since they usually do not require special connectors; however, cohesiveness can be increased by form-fitting cross-connections.

3. Toy - Wikipedia

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   The oldest and perhaps most common construction toy is a set of simple wooden blocks, which are often painted in bright colors and given to babies and toddlers. Construction sets such as Lego bricks and Lincoln Logs are designed for slightly older children and have been quite popular in the last century.

4. Jacob's ladder (toy) - Wikipedia

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   A Jacob's ladder (also magic tablets, Chinese blocks, and klick-klack toy [1]) is a folk toy consisting of blocks of wood held together by strings or ribbons. When the ladder is held at one end, blocks appear to cascade down the strings. This effect is a visual illusion which is the result of one

5. Toy block - Wikipedia

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   KEVA Planks is a wooden block construction toy. Froebel gifts are a range of educational materials first used in the original Kindergarten. Montessori sensorial materials are a range of educational materials including wooden blocks. Pattern blocks and Cuisenaire rods are sets of small blocks used in mathematics education and also in block play.

6. Construction set - Wikipedia

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   60 Fullerene. 1970s No. 2 Meccano set Zometool model of the great grand stellated 120-cell Jeujura wooden construction set (Swiss chalet) Fischertechnik computing with a C64 interface Constri. A construction set is a standardized piece assortment allowing for the construction of various different models. Construction sets are most often ...

7. Unit block - Wikipedia

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   Pratt based her blocks on a similar but larger-scale block system designed by educator Patty Hill, a follower of Friedrich Fröbel, the originator of kindergarten education. Fröbel's series of 20 age-calibrated educational "gifts" had included a set of eight blocks, sized ½ by 1 by 2 inches, or a 1:2:4 ratio, which could be formed into a cube ...