Goldie Bloks and the Parade Float

Goldie Bloks and the Parade Float

Goldie Blox has a series of Read-and-Build activity kits that are designed to introduce simple engineering concepts. The engineering concept for the parade float is wheel and axle.

The box includes a short story book and 34 pieces so that you can make six different models related to the story. The story is about three friends that enter the Miss Princess Pageant. When friend number one wins, friend number three is so upset she cries a river. So they decide to work together and make a parade float and let friend number three ride on it. The step-by-step pattern for the parade float is integrated into the story and then five additional models are pictured after the story. The five additional models are images of the completed models, no step-by-step directions.

My biggest complaint about this activity is that the pieces do not snap together securely and therefore do not stay together as you are building or when you try to play with the models. Pieces fall off and you have to keep adding them back on until you finally get frustrated enough to put it away. It is a great concept, so quite disappointing.

There are several different stories in this series, each with different parts and models to make. Maybe some of them are better. It won a best toy award, which now makes me wonder if someone really checks these games out before handing out those awards.

In the box.

 

 

Left - Step-by-step instructions for the float.  Right - Models at the end of the book.

 

 

 

 

Try this:

• Work on manual dexterity, coordinated use of both hands, visual discrimination, visual form constancy, visual closure, building a 3D model from a 2D model, spatial relations, problem solving, frustration tolerance, play and leisure exploration and participation 

 

In the box: Story book and 34 pieces