Aside from providing the ability to create all sorts of things, wooden blocks foster a great deal of collaborative play. Using blocks, the children at The Iris Berman Early Childhood Center built a table for their Shabbat and Chanukah candles. One child even used a small block and a piece of tinker toy, to create a match and the box to strike the match against, in order to light the candles. The children really enjoy collaborating to build all sorts of things together. It is a lovely process to observe.