I was lucky to be selected to review this product as my little 2.5 years old are so into blocks nowadays. The moment the package arrived we opened it up and since then my son has been playing with the blocks many times a day.

There are a few features on these Holgate Baby Blocks which I like to point out. They are made of real Maple Wood. All the edges are smoothly rounded (best feature). Very colorful painted on all 6 sides with non toxic finish. The product is made in USA. Although the product states is for age one and above, but I think I would let a baby younger than 1 to play with them as long as the baby can sit properly without support and able to pick these blocks up.

These blocks can provide many different activities and games to your child. They can learn numbers from 1 to 5, alphabets (A, B, C, D, E, G, H, L, O, M, T, U), graphics or pictures (apple, ball, cat, duck, elephant, giraffe, heart, lion, ice-cream, monkey, owl, truck, umbrella) and colors (green, blue, red, yellow, purple, black). The child can play match the alphabets with pictures, match colors, line the numbers up and more.

My toddler knows all his alphabets and he likes to associate the alphabets on the Holgate Baby Blocks with pictures he sees on the block. For example A - apple, B - ball and E - elephant. I don’t know why but he likes the letter M the most. And when we turn the M upside down, it becomes a … ? Of course a W! And he thought it was funny how the M becomes W and kept turning it back and forth.

Beside being educational toy, a child can stack up these 6 blocks and be as creative as one could. My son likes this activity - stacking the blocks. He is very imaginative as well. He would stack a different shape every time and tell me it is “Disneyland” or “Marukai” or “Mall” or “Grandma’s house” and so on.

I highly recommend this Holgate Baby Blocks toy. This item is available for purchase at NMC Toys for only $16.99. I don’t think it is an expensive investment that will provide unlimited fun and creativity to a child. Besides, this toy will last you many years down the road. They may be able to survive several generations if they are well kept.

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