Room Guardian

There are big guardian spirits of the big places, and this is a tiny one, he guards just one room. First Alesya made a stick, then a second one. We them together. It looked very much like a ladder, so we decided that we needed to add more step. So we made a ladder and put it opright to the closet, then Alesya said that we needed legs so that the ladder would stand better. But when we attached the legs, we realized that, like Papa Carlo, we made someone. Now he stands there, guarding the room. All the pieces are from Zoob Jr. construction kit.

Back in 1997, inventor Michael Grey introduced Zoob, a toy inspired by the science of motion and organism development. Zoob represents an acronym for Zoology, Ontology, Ontogeny, and Botany. Each set has rod-like pieces with joint balls and sockets on their ends. Each of these balls has small bumps on its surface, so the joints can both move and stay in a certain position if you need them to.

Zoob building sets have won awards because they’re different from regular building blocks. They use plastic pieces that snap together, like gears and joints, to build all kinds of objects, limited only by your imagination. After you build something with Zoob Jr. construction kit, you can actually play with it – the pieces were designed to move after being assembled, so you can have fun with the toys you create.

Zoobs are great for helping children improve their fine motor skills. The pieces are small enough to easily manipulate and put them together, but they’re not too tiny like some other toys, so it’s easier for kids who find small objects tricky.