Dado Squares

Dado Squares

Retail Price: $22.95

Item: FA030
Quantity on Hand: 17

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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 truly inspire complex thought through simple design.

Set a pile of Dado Squares out and stand back. What happens? Children reach out and take hold of a learning toy that's a perfect fit for busy hands, unlimited imaginations, and problem-solving growth of young minds!

Little kids reason for themselves how to create incredible three-dimensional structures. Visual spatial development and problem solving come along naturally! Your child gets to know architectural principles intuitively... proportion, balance, structure and color.

From 35 two-dimensional pieces, kids devise amazing three-dimensional designs. Given a few minutes with Dado Squares, they become parking garages for matchbox cars, fences for animals, angular hats, and space rockets. Designs are improvised and revised.

Every step along the way, the concentration in your child's eyes builds. Take note! This is the most impressive feature of Dado Squares - the imagination, reasoning, and visual skills that show up in playtime.

At last - the masterwork is finished! Then come genuine smiles and beckons to "Look!" - at a small person, beaming with pride, over effort well spent.

Dado Squares

Inspiring complex thought through simple design

Facilitates unlimited imaginations, problem-solving growth

Explore architectural principles -proportion, balance, structure, color

A perfect fit for child hands - generous size, easy to connect

35 three-inch interlocking squares within each set!

Made of durable, heavy-duty food grade plastic

Developed & manufactured in the USA!

Also discover Dado Cubes, Dado Planks & Dado Bricks (sold separately)

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".

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NOTE: The orange color in the charts above indicate ages that are LESS than the manufacturer suggested age. Please purchase at your discretion if your child is younger than 3 years of age.

Toy Value Index
8.86

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	Toy IQ 172 High Genius
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UPC	182129000199

Manufacturer SKU	FA030-1

Date Added to Fat Brain Toys	11/19/2007

Manufactured In	United States

Manufacturer Recommended Minimum Age	3 years

Fat Brain Toys Monthly Sales Ranking	#447


		We've collected valuable feedback from our customers on how this item is being used by children with special needs in hopes of providing guidance for other special needs caregivers. Click here to view these "Special Perspectives"... Identified Special Needs Challenges: Developmental Delay, Hearing Impairment, Learning Disabilities, Sensory Integration Disorder, Speech & Language Delay "Actually, I wish I'd found this when my youngest was little. For now it is a great item for my grandson because he has engineer qualities. As a mom of a child with special needs I can guarantee that any OT would love to get their hands on this item. OT doesn't just cover fine motor but problem solving, sensory integration and focus. This toy covers all those areas."

Total Customer Reviews:	195
Average Customer Rating:	4.47 (site average 4.56)
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Dado Squares
Posted 12/27/2012 by Antoinette Stores

My daughter loves to build things. This product helps her to use her imagination.

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Great building toy for several ages
Posted 10/22/2012 by Beverly C Young

I got this for three boys ages 3, 8 and 10. All enjoyed it and began playing immediately. They sorted colors, built similar structures and large towers. They also have the Dado boxes and together they are great fun. Very durable toy, too.

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Great gift
Posted 12/18/2011

Great fun to play along with my nephew

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Posted 11/26/2011 by MJ MINNICH

We bought this as a gift for a giving tree.

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Fun!!!
Posted 11/15/2011

My two year old is fascinated with it. My five year old daughter is loving to build sky skrapers

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Some alternate spelling variations of this product:
fao3o, fao30, Dado Squares, Daddo Squares, Dato Squares, Daydo Squares, day-do, day-doe, day doe, Day Do Squares, Day To Squares, interlocking squares, construction squares, building squares, fat brain toy co., Dado

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