ABC HOUSE SMALL

by Schylling

Product Features

• The Small Alphabet Block House includes 40 blocks in a sturdy storage house with a sliding plastic door.
• The blocks are made of wood, and are 1 1/4" square cubes.
• The sturdy storage house measures 6" wide, and 9 3/4" tall, and includes a plastic sliding door.
• The pieces are choke safe, and are great for toddlers.
• A fun way to learn the ABC's!

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 10 x 6.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000ELV4DW
• Item model number: ABHS
• Manufacturer recommended age: 19 months and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #493,745 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Schylling preschool blocks help develop fine motor skills and a trial and error approach to problem solving. They are made out of wood, and feature classic graphics and alphabet characters.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Developmental Toy for 1-year old!, April 23, 2008

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Gabrielle Roberts "Sanguine Mommy" (Enfield, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: ABC HOUSE SMALL (Toy)

My 1-year old daughter loves to play with the blocks. She clicks them together to make noise, knocks down my towers, and tries to stack one on top or remove just one block. She giggles when they fall and I pretend to be upset that my tower has fallen. I can see her concentrating when trying to grab just the top block, and then laughing when she knocks the whole thing down.
The nice thing is that this is a toy that can grow with her. She obviously can't tell letters yet, but knows some objects (like kitty-cat and butterfly) by their photos.
On the bad side: The house the blocks stay in is flimsy and not well sanded; the plastic shields that hold the blocks in place slide out easily and do not have very smooth edges; it's messy because the blocks go everywhere (but what house with kids doesn't have toys hiding under the couch anyway).
Overall - great developmental toy that can grow with her developing mind.

2.0 out of 5 stars Fun for kid, not so much for parent, February 27, 2008

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KDL (California) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: ABC HOUSE SMALL (Toy)

First let me say that my son does enjoy playing with these blocks. However, this is a nightmare toy for me and I used to keep it out of his reach most of the time (until I recently just got rid of it all together).

* Blocks would just end up all over the place and my son did not have the patience to sit there and put them each in their little compartments (so I ended up cleaning them up every time). Granted, it was a good skill builder for him to help me put them away, but I ended up doing most of the work still.

* The tower is double sided, so just when you get one side filled up with blocks my son would try to turn it over to do the other side and they would all fall out.

* The tower does have little plastic sheets that slide in (very loosely I must say) to keep the blocks from falling out. However there is no way to keep that plastic from sliding out, which it constantly would. You could not carry this thing around with it's cute little handle because the plastic would easily slide off the track and all the blocks would come tumbling out (leaving a very frustrated child).

Overall: not worth the hassle. Now we just have a collection of wooden blocks that we keep in a big bucket.