The Value in the Standard...

• The actual "Unit" is a piece measuring 5 1/2" Long by 2 3/4" Wide by 1 3/8" in Height.
• These classic features create the environment in which children develop motor skills and "absorb" mathematical concepts such as length, volume and fractions while totally engaged in the creative freedom of block play.
• Through play activities children "discover" the relationship between the different block shapes and learn while playing and creating that two Unit Triangles make a unit, etc..

  Don't be Fooled...

• It is important to be aware that many block sets available today are called "Unit" blocks but do not meet the physical characteristics or the dimensional requirements of that designation.
• Blocks of this type should not be integrated with true Unit Blocks. If the "Standard" is not used, blocks become randomly sized pieces of wood with no relationship from one to the other and the educational value of the product is lost.

  The Maple Advantage...

• The physical size and weight of Maple "Unit" Building Blocks have the additional advantage of providing play objects that are substantial enough to allow children to build towers high into the sky or roads reaching as far as imagination will allow.
• These features combined with the "Standard Unit" principal are the source of the unique contribution made by block play to the process of physical and educational development in children.

  We offer 10 "Unit" Block sets...

• Ranging in size from 18 to 150 pieces with 3 sets incorporating our exclusive Block & Castle features.
• Our Matrix Chart identifies the block shapes and quantity of that shape contained in each of the sets. The individual blocks may also be purchased.

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