Construction Toys & Building Sets for Kids
Give them the pieces — and see what they decide to build.
Explore construction toys and building sets for kids including magnetic builders, nuts and bolts, geometric construction, suction building toys and vehicle-building activities. Children can connect pieces, experiment with structures, take creations apart and build something completely different next time.
Construction Toys Are More Than Building Blocks
What Are Construction Toys?
Construction toys are play resources made from pieces that children can join, arrange or assemble to make something. Depending on the toy, children might build a tower, vehicle, bridge, geometric structure or an entirely imaginary creation of their own.
The Finished Creation Isn't the End
Many construction toys can be pulled apart and rebuilt. The same pieces might become a bridge today, a vehicle tomorrow and something completely different the next time they are used.
Imagine. Build. Test. Change.
Build Vehicles, Ramps, Bridges & Towers
SmartMax Stunt Cars combines magnetic bars, balls, wheels, cockpits and joining pieces so children can experiment with both structures and vehicles.
VIEW SMARTMAX STUNT CARS →Construction Can Start with Simple Connections
Building does not need to begin with a complicated model. Simple nuts, bolts and connecting pieces allow children to explore how parts fit together while using their hands to twist, position and separate the pieces.
Follow a Design or Invent Your Own
Skills Children Can Practise While Building
When Building Becomes Engineering
Construction focuses on putting pieces together to create something. Engineering takes that idea further by asking children to solve a problem, test how a structure works and improve the design.
EXPLORE ENGINEERING TOYS →A Different Kind of Connection
Magnetic construction toys use attraction between pieces instead of clips, screws or traditional stacking. Children can explore how magnetic parts connect while building three-dimensional structures and models.
Construction Can Lead into Imaginative Play
A child may spend time building a vehicle or structure and then immediately begin using that creation within a pretend-play story. Building and imaginative play do not have to be separate activities.
Construction Toys for Different Learning Settings
More Hands-On Learning
Children who enjoy construction may also enjoy engineering challenges, STEM resources, wooden toys and creative making activities.
ENGINEERING STEM & STEAM WOODEN TOYS ARTS & CRAFTSCommon Questions About Construction Toys for Kids
What are construction toys?
Are construction toys the same as building blocks?
What skills can children practise with construction toys?
Are magnetic building toys construction toys?
Are construction toys STEM toys?
What age are construction toys suitable for?
Can construction toys be used in schools?
Construction Toys from Teach Me Toys
Teach Me Toys is an Australian family-owned educational resource supplier supporting families, teachers, schools, childcare services and education organisations with hands-on learning resources.
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