Under 4 Crowd- What Do They Build With?

[kendallina]

I already have cardboard blocks, wooden blocks, etc for the under4 kiddos, what else do your younger ones build with? Im thinking of things to build with that connect together...Do you have a large supply of duplos? What else?

[Sumshine]

I already have cardboard blocks, wooden blocks, etc for the under4 kiddos, what else do your younger ones build with? Im thinking of things to build with that connect together...Do you have a large supply of duplos? What else?

Mega blocks we have so many and the kids (oldest one in my care us 3) use EVERY one!

My little ones also play with plastic train tracks daily! They love them and build like crazy with them! It's definetly a go-to toy I got a set for around $15 at walmart. The kids connection brand. They have held up well and they have everything you need to make bridges and even come with trains, cars, trees, signs, etc.

They also like building misc things with basic foam puzzle pieces I got from the dollar tree

[daycare]

Tree rounds and magnatiles.

[Ariana]

Magnatiles, duplo, young kid Knex

[AmyKidsCo]

My kiddos LOVE Magnatiles - even the 12 mo old. I saved up Scholastic points to get a couple of sets for free.

[Josiegirl]

Wedgits

My dcks love them.

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[daycarediva]

My kids LOVE to stack, so we have a TON of loose parts, cups (red solo cups out now for valentines day ) magnatiles, duplos, megablocks, trios, legos, large magnatiles, tree cookies, and a TON of math manipulatives to sort.

[NillaWafers]

Duplos, Blocks, Tinkertoys.

[Mom2Two]

I got foam blocks off Amazon. I love how quiet they are. Some days I just want to take the noise down a notch and I have them pack up the other toys and do foam blocks together.

Also we have Brio train track and other types of blocks. We have the young (large) version of Magnetos that I got from a grant.

It's also nice to combine block play with little animals and people. Then it turns into dramatic play.

[Second Home]

In addition to traditional type blocks I have a bunch of plastic ( solo type ) cups in different colors and right now I have the cardboard inserts from toilet paper and paper towels . The 3 yr old love them , even the sa kids play with them .

[Jupadia]

My kids use mega blocks or cardboard box's (that I'll save up and then bring in for a couple weeks at a time) to stack mostly. They use to have small wooden blocks but the baby's would throw one or hit someone so I took them out and put them in my kids room which thd DCK done go in.
Then have train tracks and v tech smart races track (most of which was gifts for my kids) that they use either on floor or train table.

They also have limited access to magna blocks that my son will bring down some days but we only have a small amount. Lately (since Christmas) they get to play with Legos to. I have a 2, 3, 4 (tommorow) that I'll let play with them in the superyard.

[Pestle]

Hits here:
Green Toys Build a Bouquet (one of the most popular toys we've got)
Bristle blocks
Melissa & Doug nesting boxes (they really like this one--they have to select the correct size and focus on angling each box correctly so that they can stack the entire tower)

[Blackcat31]

Duplo blocks... I have a huge Rubbermaid container of Duplo blocks. The kids will play for hours!

[kendallina]

Hits here:
Green Toys Build a Bouquet (one of the most popular toys we've got)
Bristle blocks
Melissa & Doug nesting boxes (they really like this one--they have to select the correct size and focus on angling each box correctly so that they can stack the entire tower)

Oh my gosh, that build a bouquet is so cool!

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Mine love MagnaTiles and Duplos!