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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 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: 8.57
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".
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Product review of Dado Squares
Posted 3 days ago by Jennifer English
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These toys are sturdy and fit together easily. Both my 4 and 6 year old really enjoy creating different structures with them.
Great and Not So Great
Posted 11 days ago by nicole gershfeld
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Setting: Homeschool
These are such a great product, but we encountered a problem as soon as we opened them from the box. We accidentally droped one of the squares and it cracked. We were disappointed to be down a square and also the plastic was pretty sharp. But we just tossed the broken square and really enjoy playing with this toy. All three of my young children love it and we're considering another set as we have broken about 3 more squares and can imagine more being snapped. We aren't being horribly careless with this product, but when the squares are being slipped into eachothers' grooves, sometimes they don't connect well and my oldest son tends to force them. I've seen the colored squares and oddly the do feel a little stronger, but it could be an illusion. Also, the fact that these are clear has led to a couple pieces being left out on our hardwood floors and our off-white kitchen floor during clean up time and then a subsequent slip when accidentally stepped on. But this is a really neat toy that is worth losing a few pieces while getting used to taking care of them.
wow!
Posted 16 days ago by Carolyn Bates
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Setting: Other
Our granson is a mini-engineer in the making! It's part of his personality and DNA. He LOVES this new item from gramma. We have fun figuring it out (he's only 3). I think he'll enjoy this for several years......always a perk when that happens. NICE 'quiet time' activity while baby sister is napping! While he isn't a child with special needs, I do know from experience that this item would be beneficial to children with fine motor issues, spacial issues and trouble problem solving.
Good supplement to the dado cubes
Posted 25 days ago by Mary L Tan
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This product, as opposed to the Dado cubes, does not have a from until it is built. This is a good add-on to the dado cubes, or for older children (pre-school up) to play with. It can be frustrating for little ones, who may otherwise find the colors attractive to chew on.
Dado Squares - Original
Posted 10/15/2009
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Great toy; helps stimulates creativity in my nephew who is 2 years old; helps him recognize colors as well
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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Elkhorn, Nebraska USA 68022