Need a Gift Idea for Your Favorite Kid (or Adult)?

 I have no affiliation with the company that makes this toy

(although if they want to pay me I will be happy to let them)  

However- before the toy buying frenzy starts in the now less than 90 days before Christmas  I thought I would bring you a recommendation for a really outstanding toy-

WEDGITS

I purchased this toy 3 years ago for my classroom when I was short on manipulatives for the kids to work with.  I did not think much of it except that it seemed like a cool toy that would be used for about 10 minutes.  
Let me tell you- it is played with EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. 
in my classroom and has been for the last 3 years.  
(I have actually added a second and third set last year)  
It is used by kids with and without motor delays, with and without cognitive delays- seriously every child in the class plays wih this toy.
And as surprising as it is to see how much the kids love this toy- it is as surprising to see how well it is holding up.  My special needs preschool class is rough on toys and things often don't last.  I have had two of the pieces break in half horizontally (along the seam where the top and bottom are fused together).  However, a few pieces of electrical tape and they are perfectly useable.  It is not unusual to hear their towers crashing to the floor as gravity exerts it's influence on their creations- and seldom have they broken.

And lest you think only preschoolers enjoy them, the other day I found a travel set of them (so smaller versions of the original) and A and X played with it for a long time.  It is actually engaging for all people, toddlers to adults.

Any toy that gets this much love from EVERY kid I know deserves a shout out