The National Toy Hall of Fame is a U.S. hall of fame that recognizes the contributions of toys and games that have sustained their popularity for many years. Criteria for induction include: icon status (the toy is widely recognized, respected, and remembered); longevity (more than a passing fad); discovery (fosters learning, creativity, or discovery); and innovation (profoundly changed play or toy design). Established in 1998 under the direction of Ed Sobey, it was originally housed at A. C. Gilbert's Discovery Village in Salem, Oregon , United States , but was moved to the Strong National Museum of Play (now The Strong ) in Rochester, New York , in 2002 after it outgrew its original home.
15-466: (Redirected from Building Blocks ) Building block or building blocks may refer to: Toy blocks Building blocks (toy) Concrete masonry unit Building block (chemistry) Components that are part of a larger system Building block model , a form of public utility regulation that is common in Australia Topics referred to by
30-455: A Sport". University of Pennsylvania professor of Urbanism Witold Rybczynski has found that the earliest mention of building bricks for children appears in Maria and R.L. Edgeworth's Practical Education (1798). Called "rational toys", blocks were intended to teach children about gravity and physics , as well as spatial relationships that allow them to see how many different parts become
45-406: A whole. In 1837 Friedrich Fröbel invented a preschool educational institution Kindergarten . For that, he designed ten Froebel Gifts based on building blocks principles. During the mid-nineteenth century , Henry Cole (under the pseudonym of Felix Summerly) wrote a series of children’s books . Cole's A book of stories from The Home Treasury included a box of terracotta toy blocks and, in
60-513: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Toy blocks Toy blocks (also building bricks , building blocks , or simply blocks ) are wooden , plastic , or foam pieces of various shapes ( cube , cylinder , arch etc.) and colors that are used as construction toys . Sometimes, toy blocks depict letters of the alphabet . There are mentions of blocks or "dice" with letters inscribed on them used as entertaining educational tools in
75-638: The paper airplane , playing cards , Rubik's Cube , sidewalk chalk , the toy tea set , and Transformers action figures. The following toys were added in 2010: Finalists included: Cabbage Patch Kids , chess , the dollhouse , dominoes , Dungeons & Dragons , Hot Wheels , Lite-Brite , Magic 8 Ball , the pogo stick , and Rubik's Cube . The following toys were added in 2011: Finalists included: Dungeons & Dragons , Jenga , pogo sticks , puppets , radio-controlled cars , Rubik's Cube , Simon , Star Wars action figures, Transformers action figures, and Twister . The blanket
90-962: The paper airplane , pots and pans , Slip 'n' Slide , and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures. The following toys were added in 2015: Finalists included: American girl dolls, Battleship , coloring books , Jenga , Playmobil , scooters , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures, tops , and Wiffle ball . The following toys were added in 2016: Finalists included: bubble wrap , Care Bears , coloring books , Clue , Nerf , pinball , Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots , Transformers action figures, and Uno . The following toys were added in 2017: Finalists included: Magic 8 Ball , Matchbox model cars, My Little Pony dolls, PEZ candy dispensers, play food , Risk , sand , Transformers action figures, and Uno . The following toys were added in 2018: Finalists included: American Girl dolls, chalk , Chutes and Ladders , Corn Popper , Flexible Flyer sleds, Masters of
105-530: The pogo stick , the skateboard , Spirograph , and Yahtzee . The following toys were added in 2008: Finalists included: Clue , the dollhouse , Flexible flyer sleds , The Game of Life , Hot Wheels , Magic 8 Ball , Rubik's Cube , Thomas the Tank Engine , Wiffle ball , and Yahtzee . The stick was inducted without nomination. The following toys were added in 2009: Finalists included: Cabbage Patch Kids , The Game of Life , Hot Wheels ,
120-595: The National Toy Hall of Fame were announced in November 1999. Students from nearby Willamette University protested (good-naturedly) when they learned that Mr. Potato Head and Barbie's friend Ken were not included. The following toys were added in 2000: This year's selections were chosen from a field of 34 nominations by a panel of educators and civic leaders that included Sharon Kitzhaber, wife of Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber . Nominees rejected for
135-468: The Universe , tic-tac-toe , Tickle Me Elmo , and Tudor Electric Football . The following toys were added in 2019: Finalists included: Care Bears , Corn Popper , Jenga , Masters of the Universe , My Little Pony dolls, Nerf Blaster , Risk , smartphones , and tops . The following toys were added in 2020: Finalists included: Bingo , Breyer horses , Lite-Brite , Masters of
150-554: The accompanying pamphlet "Architectural Pastime", actual blueprints. In 2003 the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong museum in Rochester, New York inducted ABC blocks into their collection, granting it the title of one of America's toys of national significance. National Toy Hall of Fame As of 2024, eighty-eight (88) toys have been enshrined in the National Toy Hall of Fame: The original inductees to
165-1268: The honor this year included G.I. Joe , the Nintendo Entertainment System , the soccer ball , Beanie Babies , the baseball glove and the cap gun . The following toys were added in 2001: Both children and adults created a list of 82 nominees over the past year. A national panel of distinguished educators and civic leaders choose two toys for induction this year. The following toys were added in 2002: There were more than ninety nominees this year. The following toys were added in 2003: Finalists included: Big Wheel tricycle , Candy Land , Clue , Easy-Bake Oven , jack-in-the-box , Lionel trains , Little People , Magic 8 Ball , Matchbox model cars , and Scrabble . The following toys were added in 2004: Finalists included: Big Wheel tricycle , Cabbage Patch Kids , Candy Land , Easy-Bake Oven , Hot Wheels , Lionel Trains , Little People , Rubik's Cube , and Wiffle ball . The following toys were added in 2005: Finalists included: Atari 2600 , Big Wheel tricycle , Cabbage Patch Kids , Clue , Easy-Bake Oven , Hot Wheels , Lionel trains , Little People , Magic 8 Ball , and Wiffle ball . The cardboard box
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195-524: The works of English writer and inventor Hugh Plat (his 1594 book The Jewel House of Art and Nature ) and English philosopher John Locke (his 1693 essay Thoughts Concerning Education ). Plat described them as "the child using to play much with them, and being always told what letter chanceth, will soon gain his Alphabet" and Locke noted "Thus Children may be cozen’d into a Knowledge of the Letters; be taught to read, without perceiving it to be anything but
210-691: Was inducted without nomination. The following toys were added in 2012: Finalists included: Corn Popper , Clue , Lite-Brite , little green army men , Magic 8 Ball , the pogo stick , sidewalk chalk , Simon , the toy tea set , and Twister . The following toys were added in 2013: Finalists included: bubbles , Clue , little green army men , Little People , Magic 8 Ball , My Little Pony dolls, Nerf , Pac-Man , scooters , and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures . The following toys were added in 2014: Finalists included: American girl dolls, Hess toy trucks , Little People , My Little Pony dolls, Operation skill game,
225-451: Was inducted without nomination. The following toys were added in 2006: Finalists included: Atari Game System , Big Wheel tricycle , Lite-Brite , Little People , Hot Wheels , Operation skill game , Pez candy dispenser , the rubber duck , the skateboard , and Twister . The following toys were added in 2007: Finalists included: The baby doll , Big Wheel tricycle , The Game of Life , Hot Wheels , My Little Pony dolls,
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