What types of accessories can I add to our block play area?
Explore a variety of accessory types including vehicles, figures and people, buildings and structures, play mats and roads, signs, and nature elements.
How do I choose block accessories that are age-appropriate for my classroom?
Available options span infant through grade one, with products designed for toddlers, PreK, and kindergarten learners. Younger children benefit from chunky wooden vehicles and easy-grip figures, while older preschoolers enjoy detailed traffic signs and multi-piece structure sets.
Are these block accessories available in materials that are safe and easy to clean?
Explore options in plastic, wood, vinyl, foam, cork, bio-plastic, and fabric materials. Wooden accessories offer durability and natural textures, while vinyl figures wipe clean quickly between uses. Foam road mats provide soft, reconfigurable surfaces, and bio-plastic vehicles support eco-friendly classroom practices.
Can I find block play people and figures that reflect the diversity in my classroom?
Yes, you can explore accessories with multicultural and diversity representation, including differently-abled figures, extended family sets representing African-American, Hispanic, and Caucasian families, and career figures designed with gender and ethnic awareness.
What pack sizes are available for classroom block accessories?
Explore package quantities ranging from individual pieces to sets of six, seven, eight, nine, ten, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, and forty-two pieces.
How can block accessories support themed learning in our classroom?
Explore play themes including transportation, community and careers, family, farm, world cultures, city and roads, and nature.
Excellerations leads with comprehensive themed sets like Around the Town structures and Farm Block Play collections.
What are wooden photo blocks and how do they enhance block play?
Wooden photo blocks feature real photo images heat-transferred onto solid beech wood pieces, showing multicultural families, career people, world buildings, or transportation vehicles.
Do I need special mats or roads for vehicle play with blocks?
While not required, play mats and roads create defined pathways and scenarios that organize block play and extend learning. Interlocking foam road builders let children design custom layouts, double-sided unit block discovery mats provide structured building challenges, and cork road sets offer eco-friendly surfaces.
