Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby’s First Blocks is a set of ten brightly colored blocks of different shapes and a storage bucket, made by Fisher-Price.  The bucket features a shape-sorting lid to teach baby hand-eye coordination and shape identification.  Baby can fill the bucket with blocks, dump them out and start all over again, for hours of learning and fun.  The blocks are also stackable for very young architects.  This a a great set for fostering early developmental skills in babies from 6 months to 3 years.

Pros:

• Entire set can be easily washed in the kitchen sink with soap and water.
• Blocks are small and easily held and manipulated by little hands.
• The entire set is light-weight and the handle of the bucket makes it convenient for little ones that want their blocks as they move around the house.  It is also easy for parents to pack in the car for outings at Grandma’s or with friends.

Cons:

• Shape-sorting lid does not snap on, so babies can remove it.  Some babies learn to put the blocks in by simply removing the lid, since it is more difficult to put them through the shape-specific holes.