Uncle Goose Wooden Blocks

Uncle Goose French blocks

One of my novels is Anna Karenina, and of course I love the 2012 movie version. My favorite scene is where Kitty and Levin are communicating by using only the first letter of the words with alphabet blocks. It is at once beautiful and sweet as well as nostalgic. With that I feel there is something wonderful and magical about alphabet blocks.

Monday of this week, Family Fun magazine came in and as always I flip through it mainly to see if there are any quick easy snacks I can feed my daughter. In this particular issue, Family Fun was showcasing their toy hall of fame list. Uncle Goose language blocks made the list. I, of course knew about Melissa and Doug blocks, but Uncle Goose, not so much. While my little one was taking her nap, I decided to google Uncle Goose and found that these were the blocks of my dreams. Russian, German, French, oh my blocks. Like a greedy child in a candy store I wanted them all. A few minutes later I went on Amazon and ordered the first set of language blocks I came across which were the French blocks. For two days I waited for the arrival of these blocks and when they came it was like a tiny Christmas. I tore open the box and dumped the blocks on the floor. First I wrote my daughter's name and then I built a tower. My little girl saw how fun I was having that she she too wanted in on the fun. Our strategy, I build, she destroys. As a treat for my daughter, before I go to bed I write a message with the blocks and with any leftovers I build a tower. I am happy to report that this is the first toy she goes to in the morning.

Mother's Day and Father's Day are coming up and my husband and I both want a block set. I am a Russophile, with a desire to learn Cyrillic, so I simply must have the Russian language block set. My husband loves patterns, so it's the Antic Ants for him.