Smarcks: Talking Building Blocks Review

My daughter and I recently had the fun opportunity to review a set of talking building blocks.  These educational interactive building blocks are called Smarcks, and they can do so much more than typical blocks.  As your child stacks the blocks, they are taught:

• Colors
• Counting
• Spelling
• Shapes
• Nursery Rhymes
• Music
• Math
• Good Manners

Check out this video to become more aquainted with these great educational blocks from Smarks:

Smarcks  come as typical building blocks, as wells as, talking blocks.  It is easy for kids to tell which blocks will talk to them, they are the ones with faces.  The sound from the talking building blocks is strong and clear, but not so loud as to drive parents crazy. Smarcks counting and math blocks are especially innovative, indicating the peg count of the blocks they are put on and encouraging your child to count along with the Smarck.

The only block that got on my nerves a bit was the musical one we received, of course that was one of my daughter’s favorites.  I guess it would be my favorite if I was 3 1/2 too.  The cool thing about this though, is that the music blocks are the only ones that are clear plastic, so if mom isn’t up for it, they can be put aside for awhile.

The blocks have a little heavier construction than most brands.  These are high quality building blocks, and they are competitively priced.  I also liked the sturdy container they came in.  Kids can sit on it, without worry.  If you already have a bunch of similar shaped large blocks, they may be somewhat usable with your Smarcks building blocks.  They will not work properly with the more interactive blocks like the counting ones, but my daughters old blocks fit with Smarks well enough, that they could be used together for a larger building project.  If your kids don’t already have a large collection of building blocks, I would suggest sticking with buying all Smarcks, so that there will be no confusion, as to which blocks will work right with which.

As you can see in the picture above, my daughter went right for these blocks (The book in the background was abruptly dropped when she saw the Smarks).

Smarcks talking building blocks can be purchased right off the company website: TalkingBuildingBlocks.com Why buy plain old blocks when you can have talking ones

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