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Dado Stacking Cubes

The toy that encourages visual spatial development and problem solving through design-centered, attention-grabbing fun!

Loaded with educational benefits
For ages 3 and up
Each set features 10 cubes, scaled from 1 inch to 5 inches, capable of building structures over 32 inches high!

Dado combines art and science as you explore architectural principles: proportion, balance, structure and color. A new twist on classic building blocks, Dado engages your imagination as the slits on each cube are interlocked to create an unlimited number of three-dimensional structures. Constructed horizontally, vertically or nested together, Dado invites visual spatial development and problem solving through design-centered, attention-grabbing fun!

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Age Range: For ages 3 and up
Awards:
- Dr. Toy Top 20 Best Children's Products 2007
- Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products 2007
- Creative Child Toy of the Year 2007
- Mr. Dad Seal of Approval Winner Spring 2007
- Dr. Toy Best Product Award Spring 2007
- National Parenting Center Seal Of Approval Winner Spring 2007
- IParenting Media Excellent Products Award 2007
- Preferred Choice by Creative Child Magazine 2007
- The Great American Toy Test Award 2006-2007
Format: 10 cube set
Material: Durable, heavy gauge plastic construction
Manufacture Information: Developed, manufactured, and assembled right here in the USA!

Visual Spatial Learning
Visual Spatial Learning has captured the attention of scientists and educators as being highly valuable in child development. Visual Spatial Play refers to the ability to mentally picture things and is characterized by the ability to appreciate patterns and form in very large or small areas of space. Children with profuse Visual Spatial Intelligence can construct three-dimensional mental images and visualize them from multiple perspectives. A keen eye for form, design, color, size, shape, and space enables these gifted children to create realistic representations of real world images.

Simple Design, Complex Thought
Though Dado's simple shapes and intuitive system of construction, people of all ages find Dado engaging.

Endorsed by Experts
- "Dado helps children improve fine motor skills, including hand strength, finger dexterity and coordination of small muscle movements. With mastery of the movements required to fit the cubes together, children take obvious pride in their creative constructions. Psychosocially, children develop skills as they share ideas and talk about their play goal."
- Elizabeth Paskar, Occupational Therapist, Missouri

- "The open-ended nature of Dado Cubes, their unique groove-connecting assembly, and the challenge of achieving the highly desired perfect balance draw children in. As my students are busy building, talking through their plans and making adjustments, I am amazed by their critical thinking and problem solving skills."
- Stacy Coulter, Kindergarten Educator, Kansas

- "In my work with visual-spatial children on various corners of the world, I have found that one distinguishing feature is their ability to visualize in multiple dimensions. Many visual-spatial learners speak of 4- and 5-dimensional mental images! Dado Cubes would offer these individuals, young an old, a hands-on way of demonstrating what their incredible minds are able to see and create. For children who lack such ability, this wonderful new toy may help them to expand their understanding of dimensionality, viewing their world from a unique perspective!"
- Alexandra Shires Golon, Director, Visual-Spatial Resource Author, Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids; If You Could See the Way I Think; The Visual-Spatial Classroom

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