3D Wooden Block Puzzle — 12 Pieces, 80 Challenges

Twelve wooden pieces in different shapes, and a challenge book with 80 puzzles across four levels of difficulty. Your child fits the same twelve pieces together in different ways to build each shape in the book. When the book runs out, the pieces still build whatever they invent.

How you play

1. Open the challenge book and pick a level to start on.
2. Look at the shape you are being asked to build.
3. Fit the twelve pieces together to make it.
4. Check your build against the picture before moving on.
5. Work up through the four levels, then build freely without the book.

What it builds

• Spatial thinking in three dimensions rather than flat
• Working out how pieces combine, and rejecting combinations that will not close
• Building through difficulty in steps rather than all at once
• Sticking with a puzzle that does not solve on the first try

Three ways to play it

• Time a challenge, then repeat it later and compare
• Build a shape and ask your child to find it in the book
• Take one piece away and see which challenges are still possible

The details

• Ages: 5–7 years
• Pieces: 12
• Material: wood