Uncle Goose

Stack and Learn

While Mother Goose was weaving fairy tales and nursery rhymes, Uncle Goose turned his talents to another playroom classic: building blocks. Craftspeople and artisans come from far and wide to make Uncle Goose blocks that have the look and feel of traditional wooden alphabet blocks, but with an educational twist. Along with the ABCs, Uncle Goose block sets are adorned with math symbols, scientific images, historic leaders and foreign languages.

So just who is this Uncle Goose character? Pete Bultman runs the family business, which his father started in Michigan in 1983. Pete continues the tradition set by his father of using quality materials to recreate nostalgic toys that mix playing and learning in a graphic, tactile way.

Each set of blocks is handcrafted from basswood, and the graphics are rendered in nontoxic, child-safe inks. In addition to the classic ABC blocks, Uncle Goose also offers Elemental, which illustrates the entire periodic table of elements on 20 wood cubes. For math and patterning, the Groovie set displays numbers, math symbols, and geometric shapes on 28 blocks. Presidential tackles all 44 presidents, and Braille combines the ABCs with sign language. Uncle Goose also offers a dozen foreign language options, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, German, Arabic and Greek. Each heirloom-quality set will last for generations -- no batteries required.

— Ann

Available for shipment to Canada.

• For age 2 and up:
• Crafted from sustainable Michigan basswood
• Non-Toxic - Child Safe Inks
• Made entirely in the USA

• Classic: Depicts animals, numbers, math symbols, and four full alphabets. 

• Groovies:
  
  • Help teach children sorting, ordering, opposites, and 
patterns
  • 28 grooved blocks with debossed numbers, math symbols, geometric shapes corresponding to the number on the opposite side, and an activity booklet
  • Named one of Readers Digest Magazine’s Best 25 Toys 

• Elemental Blocks:
  
  • Entire periodic table of elements on 20 hand-crafted wood cubes
  • Each block contains six element images with their atomic number, symbol, and name 

• Presidential Blocks:
  
  • Beautifully illustrated - Information on all 44 presidents
  • An "Oath of Office" block
  • Entire set comes together to create an American flag

• Foreign Language Blocks:
  
  • Great way to educate your child on family heritage as well as learning a language
  • Intricate characters that offer a sense of the exotic
  • Representing letters or characters, math symbols, numerals and animal pictures
  • Available in: French, German, Italian, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean