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Toy Blocks - Infant and Baby Kits
20% - 25% Off

"American Hard Maple Blocks - The Real Deal"

The Toy Blocks Kits on this page are suitable for youngsters from 1 year to about 3.  During these early years, they are gaining coordination, learning to abstract features, and using these to distinguish shape names - or maybe it's vice versa.  Eventually, they will learn to stack blocks:  two at first, and then three or more. They are learning to play cooperatively and the best fun comes from playing with them as they will quickly mimic small structures that you build and learn the words you use to describe them.  Gentle supervision will also help them interact and share with others.  They are not usually as interested in the blocks as you are - instead, they are enjoying the interaction with an adult and they enjoy praise for little triumphs. They don't require a very big set of blocks.  These blocks are the same as those in our bigger kits and you can always add more later from our Booster Kits or Open Stock.

Our "A" Kits are somewhat more detailed and offer a wider range of pieces.  The "B" Kits are chunkier with somewhat larger pieces.  In general, "A" Kits and "B" Kits are the same size (volume/weight).  Our Building Blocks Kits come in Premium Hard Maple (all firsts), Hard Maple First & Seconds (USA), and European Beech.  Read about "Quality Differences " to explore the differences.  To see a bigger picture of the wood blocks kits, click on the picture icon( ).  The pictures give a visual image, but the "List of Pieces" is the definitive list of what is in a kit.


Infant's Kits


Babies don't need a large set of toy blocks.  At 12 months they look at the pieces and show them to other people.  Being able to manipulate and learn the names of shapes is a milestone.  Our smallest block is too large to choke on.


"Barclay Blocks has the right
stuff to make your Bauhaus a
Wow House!" - Walter Gropius 

 


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Infant Kit - Version A
(21 pieces - 10 shapes)

Our best selling kit for youngsters under 2

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Premium Maple (USA) (USA) -
Regular -
46.14
20% off Sale $36.91
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European Beech (Europe) -
Regular - 43.83

20% off Sale $35.06
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Maple First & Seconds (USA) -
Regular -
43.83
25
% off Sale $32.88
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Many additional shapes are available on the Open Stock pages.
Infant Kit - Version B
(15 pieces - 7 shapes)


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  Premium Maple (USA)
Regular - 38.94

20% off Sale $31.16
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   European Beech -
Regular - 36.99

20% off Sale $29.60
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   Maple First & Seconds (USA)
Regular - 36.99

25% off Sale $27.75
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"When you really need to nail up
a lot of theses, nothing works
better than cathedral doors from
BB's." - Martin Luther 

 


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Booster Kits can be used to enhance your kit in special ways.

Baby Kits

Around 18 months, children begin to play with blocks independently.  Mostly, they make towers.  They will enjoy knocking over things that you make for them.  

"When you have a finicky customer
like Louis the Fat, you want the best. 
Flying Buttresses from BB's are
the Bomb!" - Abbe' Suger 

 


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Baby Kit - Version A
(43 pieces - 19 shapes)


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Premium Maple (USA)
Regular - $89.75

20% off Sale $71.80
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  European Beech -
Regular - $85.26

20% off Sale $68.21
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  Maple First & Seconds (USA)
Regular - $85.26

25% off Sale $63.95
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Free(ish) samples are available on the Home page.
Baby Kit - Version B
(23 pieces - 11 shapes)


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  Premium Maple (USA)
Regular - $71.55

20% off Sale $57.24

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  European Beech -
Regular - $67.97

20% off Sale $54.38

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  Maple First & Seconds (USA)
Regular - $67.97

25% off Sale $50.98

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"Stop babbling about a Ziggurat! 
Let's build a a little summer place near
the Hoteps in Gizeh!"  - Mrs. Khufu

 


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Next Bigger Kits
Toddler Kits
Around 24 months, children begin to put toy blocks together and match them up.  Stacking one block on top of another is the first step in building things. A kit this size is adequate for most children up to the age of 3.  An advanced 3 year old who enjoys blocks, however, might be better off with a bigger kit.
Toddler Kit - Version A
(75 pieces - 22 shapes)


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  Premium Maple (USA)
Regular - $171.87

20% off Sale $137.50

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  European Beech -
Regular - $163.28

20% off Sale $130.63

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Weekly Special !

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  Maple First & Seconds (USA)
Regular - $163.28

30% off Sale $114.30

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"Buy a set of Barclay Blocks, and
бинго!  Make a quaint little village
on the Dnieper one day; make
a new one downstream the next!
- Grigori Potemkin


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Next Bigger Kits
Toddler Kit - Version B
(53 pieces - 16 shapes)


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  Premium Maple (USA)
Regular - $150.59

20% off Sale $120.48

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  European Beech -
Regular - $143.06

20% off Sale $114.45

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  Maple First & Seconds (USA)
Regular - $143.06

25% off Sale $107.30

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"When you really need to nail up
a lot of theses, nothing works
better than cathedral doors from
BB's." - Martin Luther 

 


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Next Bigger Kits
 
The Book
This is by far the best available book on block play we have found. It has over a hundred pictures of block projects and helpful advice by noted architect and author Lester Walker.  Hardcover, 167 pages, this book will be a terrific stimulus for kids old enough to read or follow picture designs.  Teachers and parents will also find many useful ideas.  A real gem.

 Regular $22.95
30% off - $
15.95

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Many additional shapes are on our Open Stock Page.