Construction toys are ever popular with parents and children alike, offering simple but engaging play that can help build a range of skills that are essential for a child’s development. These toys are often comprised of blocks or stackable rings, with minimal to no electronic parts included. This means that batteries are not needed, so there is no inconvenience, extra cost or risk of the toy becoming unusable. As these toys offer hours of fun and varied play, they offer great value for money. The components of one toy can be constructed in a variety of different ways, giving baby a challenge and engaging their minds as they discover new combinations and structures as a result of their actions and choices. This helps teach them to think critically as they work out the best way to build their creations or to fit the right shape in the correct hole. They also learn cause and effect as they fit pieces together, working out that their actions can affect objects. 

In addition to these skills, construction toys are brilliant for developing gross and fine motor skills, encouraging children to move and use their hands, strengthening their muscles. This also builds their hand-eye coordination as they are able to learn to build the connection between touch and sight, learning how their movement of objects relates to their presence in the real world. Construction toys are perfect for use in schools and nurseries as they are great for cooperative play and encouraging team work between friends and classmates. Construction toys can also help to introduce mathematical and scientific concepts – such as counting, sizes, shapes and colours – which is incredibly beneficial for when they are ready to start school.  

So, even though they seem very simple, construction toys can be incredibly useful tools for baby’s learning and development. With a huge range of choice available to buy wholesale at Baby Brands Direct, there’s something for everyone! We have a great competition running until 3rd January 2021, where you can win a bundle of construction toys from a variety of brands – Fisher-Price, Infantino, Janod, Mega Bloks and Lalaboom. 

Up for grabs is the Fisher-Price Eco Friendly Gift Set, which includes a Rock a Stack toy for great stacking fun, where kids need to learn the correct order to place the rings on the base of the toy. This helps them develop critical thinking skills and hand-eye coordination. It also features Baby’s First Blocks, a set of 10 colourful shape blocks for sorting, stacking, and drop-through play. The Lalaboom Bag Of Beads And Accessories 28Pk is a carrying bag with 28 educational beads and accessories of different colours and shapes. These beads are designed to develop the child’s first notions of fine motor skills according to the main principles of the Montessori method. The set encourages learning through the actions of pop, twist, mix, stack and lace of the beads. The variety of colours and textures will engage little ones in play and manipulation of the beads to develop new motor skills step by step.

Bright colours and interesting textures make Infantino Sensory Plug and Roll Multi Blocks Set, a fun 12 piece set of construction blocks with light and sounds, an imagination sensation. As well as engaging baby’s brain, the set features rolling blocks and multiple textures to promote sensory development too. Also included is the Janod Sweet Cocoon Rainbow Turtle, with beautiful neutral colours and a sleek, timeless design. The turtle’s rainbow shell is composed of 6 wooden arcs of circles. This toy can be used as a construction toy, but is also a pull along toy thanks to the included string. This makes it great value for money, as it is a dual purpose item. The Mega Bloks Lil Vehicles Assortment allows kids to create their own unique vehicles. These friendly vehicles feature smiling faces and come with a cute Block Buddy driver. There are five, easy to grip, stackable blocks for building.

Head over to our competition page to enter our quiz for your chance to win this bundle of toys. Check out our construction toys category page for the full range of products from our top baby brands, available to buy wholesale.