Photo Stacking Blocks For Fun and Learning

Babies love to look at faces, bright colors, and contrasting patterns. Fill the photo blocks with pictures of family members, patterns and different designs. Since the blocks are soft, there is no need to worry about little ones hurting themselves. I like to pair textured blocks, like the Baby Einstein Stack and Discover Blocks, along with the photo blocks. This helps make block play more of a sensory experience.

Of course photo stacking blocks are perfect for displaying photos! They are also perfect for early language development. Use them to spark conversations with your young child.

Who is in the picture?
Is this your___ (brother, mom, aunt etc).
What color eyes?
What were we doing in this picture?
Do you see a _______.
Point to the person's nose
What color shirt is she wearing?

This is a wonderful way to increase vocabulary. Another way to use them is to have your child follow directions with the blocks:

Place the red block under the chair.
Put the yellow block on top of the blue block.
Balance the block on your head.
Toss the green block onto the green square (use a Twister game, felt squares or cardstock)

These are just a few ideas to get you interacting with your child.

Adding educational inserts into the photo blocks makes this toy an educational tool. There are so many ways to use them for all content areas. In the picture above, we used our photo stacking block with printables from Education Cubes. We then used it to play a color matching game . (Click for game rules)

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