Let’s Be Real—Kids Love to Build Stuff

If you’ve ever handed a preschooler a stack of jumbo blocks, you already know the magic. One minute they’re stacking quietly, the next they’re building a spaceship with boosters or a modern metropolis cityscape. And while it looks like chaos (the fun kind), there’s actually a whole lot of learning going on. Especially when it comes to STEM—science, technology, engineering, and math.

Biggo Blocks aren’t just big, colorful jumbo bocks. They’re sneaky little tools that help kids build brainpower while they’re having fun. So if you’re a teacher, a classroom aide, or even a homeschool hero, here’s how you can bring some serious STEM goodness into your day using nothing but extra large building blocks and a little creativity.

STEM Starts with Stack, Sort, and Smash

You don’t need fancy lesson plans to get started. Start simple. Ask your students to stack blocks by color, size, or number. And just like that, they’re practicing basic math and sorting skills.

Want to go a step further? Build a tower and ask, “What happens if we take this block out from the bottom?” Now you’re teaching engineering and cause-and-effect. Even the “smash the tower” moment has value—kids learn balance, structure, and even a little physics (plus, it’s just plain fun).

Science You Can Touch

One of the best ways to introduce early science concepts is through hands-on play. With extra large building blocks, you can easily explore ideas like weight, gravity, and measurement.

Try this in class: build two ramps, one steep and one shallow. Let toy cars zoom down each one and ask the class which car was faster—and why.

That’s an intro to friction, angles, and speed. You didn’t even need a textbook.

Engineering in Action

Every time a child builds a bridge between two chairs or a tunnel to crawl under, they’re testing out basic engineering principles. With jumbo building blocks, it’s all trial and error, and that’s the sweet spot of learning. Will the arch hold? Will the tunnel collapse?

Spoiler: it probably will, the first time. And maybe the second. But then they’ll figure it out. That’s resilience, critical thinking, and problem solving in action.

Math is Everywhere

You don’t have to wait for math hour to teach math. Just count the blocks as you stack them. Introduce patterns (red, blue, red, blue…), or ask which structure is taller, wider, or uses more blocks.

Want to level it up? Give them a challenge like “Build a tower using exactly 10 blocks, but it has to be the tallest one in the room.” Now they’re measuring, estimating, and planning—without even realizing it.

Creative Play is Brain Fuel

Let’s not forget the T in STEM: technology. While your students aren’t coding robots (yet), they are developing the skills they’ll need to think creatively and solve real-world problems. Every time they build a rocket ship, they’re using design thinking, spatial awareness, and innovation.

In other words, playtime isn’t a break from learning. It is learning.

Tips to Bring Biggo Blocks into Your Classroom

Want to make the most of block play? Here are a few low-prep ways to add STEM to your classroom routine:

STEM Stations: Set up different build-and-learn zones—maybe a measuring table, a balance challenge, and a creative build station.
Daily Challenges: Post simple prompts like “Build a bridge that can hold three books” or “Create a shape with four different colors.”
Story Time Builds: Read a book and ask kids to build a scene or character from the story using blocks. Now you’ve blended literacy with engineering. Win-win.

Why Teachers Love Biggo Blocks

Teachers love Biggo Blocks because they’re safe, durable, and ridiculously versatile. They’re big enough for little hands, lightweight enough for toddlers to carry, and easy to clean.

Best of all, they grow with your students—what starts as basic stacking fun turns into complex designs and collaborative projects as kids get older.

STEM Learning that Feels Like Play

At the end of the day, STEM doesn’t have to be serious to be powerful. When kids are laughing, experimenting, and playing with purpose, they’re building more than just towers—they’re building brains, confidence, and a love of learning.

So stock up on Biggo Blocks. Get building. And let the STEM learning begin—one jumbo building block at a time.