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Dado Squares
Retail Price: $22.00
Normally $21.95
Sale Price:
From $16.99 to $21.95

Item: FA030 
Quantity on Hand: 45 
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Blues

Ice

Original



2008 Dr. Toy 10 Best Active Products
2008 Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products
2008 NAPPA Winner (National Parenting Publications Award)
2008 National Parenting Seal of Approval
2008 Early Childhood News Director's Award
2008 Preferred Choice Award - Creative Child Magazine
2008 Exceptional Parent Symbol of Excellence


Dado Squares are the newest addition to the Dado toy line inspiring complex thought through its simple design. Whether you favor art or science as you explore architectural principles . . . proportion, balance, structure and color, Dado Squares are sure to stimulate and entertain your mind. Create any number of three-dimensional structures and explore visual spatial development and problem solving with this simple toy.
  • Educational and fun!
  • Each set features 35, 3" squares and can be used to create structures over 3' high!
  • Made of durable, heavy-duty plastic
  • Developed and manufactured right here in the USA!

    Dado Squares and 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 & form in very large or small areas of space. Children with profuse Visual Spatial Intelligence can construct three-dimensional mental images and visual 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.

    Dado Squares are Simple...Simple Design that Inspires Complex Thought
    In Tom West's book, In the Mind's Eye, he suggests that in the 21st Century, strong visual skills will be crucial elements to success: "Ready recognition of larger patterns, intuition, a sense of proportion, imaginative vision, the original and unexpected approach, and the apt connection between apparently unrelated things...". Through Dado's simple shapes and intuitive system of construction, people of all ages find Dado engaging.

    TOY SAFETY INFORMATION
    In response to recent toy safety concerns, we're providing the following documentation that demonstrates that Dado Cubes meets or exceeds the following safety specifications:
  • The mechanical hazards requirements of 16 CFR 1500, "Federal Hazardous Substances Act Regulations".
  • The mechanical hazards requirements of ASTM F963-03, "Standard consumer safety specification for toy safety".







    Toy Value Index: 9.22
    The Toy Value Index is a Fat Brain Toys exclusive intended to quantify the overal play value of a given toy or game. We do this by taking our customers' feedback on (QUALITY + TIME PLAYED + AGE TRANSCENDENCE)/PRICE.

    Fat Brain Index: 8.52
    The Fat Brain Index is another Fat Brain Toys exclusive that factors in 14 different traits that we've identified that make a toy "Fat Brain Worthy".



      UPC 182129532553
      Manufacturer SKU FA030-2
      Manufactured In United States
      Fat Brain Toys Sales Ranking #59

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    Dado Squares has been reviewed 171 times with an average rating of 4.49. Click here to view all Dado Squares reviews...

    Review of Dado Squares
    Posted 15 days ago by S.L.

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    Bought these and the cubes, my daughter (5) is not interested in them now, but I hope she becomes interested. I think they would be a great toy for a child.

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    My rating of Dado Squares
    Posted 26 days ago by Stephanie Ratner

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    My 3 1/2 year old son and I enjoy playing with these and making different types of buildings. My 1 year old tries to put them together as well when he sees us using them.

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    Worth every penny!
    Posted 2/16/2010 by April Samples

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    We absolutely love these squares. We originally bought the original color ones at a local store. The sets are enough to make smaller things, but you really need more than once set to really start building. We have since ordered the blues and ice and love them! These will be the gift of choice for birthday parties this year.

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    Dado Squares
    Posted 2/10/2010

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    This product was a good companion to the Dado Blocks. My great nephews (twins) like to use them along with the Dado Blocks - enjoyes trying to figure out how to combine the two products. Their parents also like the skills that they were learning as they "played" with both toys.

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    Skills and creativity
    Posted 2/7/2010 by pauline gennis

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    I ordered Dado Squares for my Pre-K class. Although the children can recognize the different geometric shapes, they do not know their properties. By building with Dado Squares and by creating different designs they are discovering on their own the properties of a square and mathematical patterning. I advise before it is given to the children the teachers or parents take the time to play with the materials and than presented to the children. It will help you as a teacher in observing the skills that you want your children to learn and, quiet often, ways that the children discovered in using a particular material. Creativity! I hope that helps. Pauline Gennis

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    Some alternate spelling variations of this product:
    Dado Squares, Daddo Squares, Dato Squares, Daydo Squares, Day Do Squares, Day To Squares, interlocking squares, construction squares, building squares, Dado
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    Blues 21 $16.99
    Ice 13 $16.99
    Original 11 $21.95


    Would you like this item placed in an attractive gift bag for an additional $1.95 per item?

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    If you like Dado Squares, we think you'll LOVE WEDGITS Deluxe Set. Buy them together right now and we'll knock 5% off the price of that item!

    Price for both: $53.55
    (normally $55.47)



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