Back in April last year, I wrote about a new twist on the wooden block: Tegu blocks, which have magnets embedded in them, allowing you to create some pretty neat constructions. I’ve always loved fiddling around with magnets, and the open-ended play that Tegu blocks encourage is a lot of ...

Welcome to the ninth day out of our 10 days of gifting – Today we have a great set of the Tegu magnetic blocks. These blocks are awesome if you havent been following along @Tegu on twitter you’re missing some really cool handy work as they create custom requests just ...

Have you heard of Tegu? Most of you are now shaking your head saying Huh?! Te-what? and to be honest thats how I felt until I saw these toys at the ABC kids expo a few weeks ago in vegas. These are really simple shapes of wood that have magnets ...

When reality does not behave, humans listen. In a previous life as a high school teacher, I used this technique a lot.  I would show the kids a science demonstration that seemed to defy all laws of physics.  Their rational brains would lock in, working hard to make sense of this ...

At first glance, Tegu blocks just look like slightly-fancy wooden blocks: unpainted, smooth with rounded edges, and each adorned with a little logo branded on a corner. There are four different shapes: a cube, a rectangle, and short and long flattened planks. It doesn’t look like you’d be able to ...