The TUKI BIG Smart Magnetic Blocks Smart 160 contains 160 large 10cm foam blocks in 4 Smart shapes, recommended for 9-12 children. The manufacturer's own description of what this set enables is precise: with 160 elements, educators and therapists can create entire learning environments, movement paths, and collaborative construction zones. That language - learning environments, not builds; movement paths, not obstacle courses; construction zones, not play sessions - signals exactly what 160 Smart blocks at institutional scale actually produces.

At 160 blocks the construction activity is not primarily about what figure a group builds. It is about what environment a group creates. The 160 large 10cm foam blocks defines zones, creates pathways, provides surfaces for children to move through and over and around, and persists across sessions as a designed physical environment rather than a single-session build. That is the scale at which "collaborative construction zone" becomes accurate.

Each block is made from closed-cell EVA foam with a waterproof rotating neodymium magnet capsule. Every face of every block attracts every other face in any orientation. EN71-certified, BPA-free, non-toxic, and disinfectable. The set includes a durable reinforced storage bag - an upgrade from the standard bag used by smaller SMART sets - sized for the 19kg total weight and 70x50x40cm packaged dimensions this set requires. 

Key Features of the TUKI BIG Smart Magnetic Blocks Set - Smart 160

• 160 Large 10cm Magnetic Foam Blocks - Recommended for 9-12 Children - The largest standard manufacturer-listed SMART set in this range at The Sensory Supply; 160 blocks for 9-12 children gives each participant approximately 13-18 blocks, enabling individual sub-builds of meaningful scale before combining into group constructions that define the floor space of a room
• Creates Entire Learning Environments, Movement Paths and Construction Zones - At 160 blocks the construction output is not a single build but a designed physical environment; educators and therapists use this block count to create room-spanning arrangements that define learning zones, movement pathways through and between block structures, and collaborative construction areas that persist and evolve across sessions
• Boys Active Play Riding - the Physical Inhabitation Scale - The lifestyle imagery confirms the architectural scale of a 160-block Smart group build: structures large enough for a child to physically sit on and use as play equipment, providing the deep pressure proprioceptive input, dynamic balance challenge, and embodied spatial agency that smaller Smart sets cannot reach
• 4 Smart TUKI Block Shapes Including the Pyramid - Cube, triangle, pyramid, and the fourth Smart shape confirmed on the Smart 100; at 160 blocks each shape appears approximately 40 times, providing the richest per-shape abundance in the SMART range and ensuring every participant in a 9-12 child group has access to the full 4-shape vocabulary simultaneously
• Durable Reinforced Storage Bag - Institutional Grade - An upgrade from the standard storage bag used by smaller SMART sets; the reinforced bag is designed for the 19kg total weight and daily institutional transport requirements of a 160-block set - carried between rooms, loaded into programme storage, transported to outdoor sessions without bag failure
• 19kg Set - 70x50x40cm Packaging - The confirmed weight and packaging dimensions for institutional procurement planning; at 19kg the set requires two adults to move comfortably, and the 70x50x40cm packaging dimensions determine storage requirements in programme rooms and transport vehicles
• Four Colours - Turquoise, Grey, Yellow and Pink at Approximately 40 Blocks Per Colour - The richest per-colour abundance in the SMART range; approximately 40 blocks per colour enables deliberate single-colour construction zones, colour-coded movement paths, and the most sophisticated colour-based construction planning of any SMART set
• Rotating Neodymium Magnet Capsules - Full-Angle Connectivity - Every face of every block attracts every other face in any orientation; reliable magnetic connectivity at the scale and frequency of 9-12 child group construction where hundreds of connections are made across a session
• Closed-Cell EVA Foam - Waterproof, Disinfectable and Floating - Made from closed-cell EVA foam that does not absorb water; wipes clean or disinfects in seconds; rated for daily high-frequency institutional use; appropriate for Montessori classrooms, school gyms, sensory integration centres, indoor playgrounds, hotel kids' clubs, and group workshops
• EN71-Certified, BPA-Free and Non-Toxic - Certified to EN71-1, EN71-2, and EN71-3 European toy safety standards; BPA-free and non-toxic; independently safety-tested; appropriate for all regulated educational, therapeutic, and institutional settings serving groups of 9-12 children
• Compatible with All TUKI BIG BUILDER and SMART Sets - Every Smart 160 block is fully compatible with all other TUKI BIG products; the Smart 160 can be combined with any BUILDER or SMART set for an even larger shared collection
• Poland's Toy of the Year 2023 - Standard Manufacturer Configuration - Awarded Poland's Toy of the Year 2023; manufactured in Poland to EN71 European standards; the Smart 160 is a confirmed standard product on the TUKI manufacturer's website with full manufacturer product photography and documentation

Skills and Developmental Outcomes

• Creating and Inhabiting Whole Learning Environments - At 160 blocks the group construction activity transitions from building a structure to designing a space; children develop spatial planning, environmental awareness, and the agency over physical space that comes from creating and inhabiting a self-designed room-scale construction
• Collaborative Construction and Social Communication at Full 9-12 Child Group Scale - One hundred and sixty blocks for 9-12 children generates the most complex and sustained collaborative SMART floor construction available; the group size creates natural sub-groups, movement-path planning, and the multi-level social communication of whole-room construction design
• Gross Motor Planning, Bilateral Coordination and Physical Scale Engagement - Lifting, carrying, and placing 10cm large-format foam blocks to create structures at physical inhabitation scale develops bilateral coordination, motor planning, core stability, and whole-body spatial awareness at the highest scale the SMART range provides
• Proprioceptive Input from Physical Interaction with Completed Structures - When Smart structures reach inhabitation scale - children sitting on, stepping across, and moving through their own constructions - the proprioceptive input from those interactions adds a therapeutic dimension that smaller SMART sets cannot reach
• Advanced 3D Spatial Reasoning at Maximum SMART Group Scale - Combining 4 Smart shapes across 160 blocks for a 9-12 child group develops the highest level of three-dimensional spatial reasoning the SMART range provides; planning movement paths and construction zones with pyramid-vocabulary blocks at room scale
• Executive Function, Zone Planning and Distributed Leadership - Coordinating a 9-12 child build that creates defined zones, movement paths, and collaborative construction areas requires the highest executive function, spatial planning, and distributed group leadership the SMART range generates

Ideal for

• Montessori classrooms and Montessori schools using the Smart 160 as a permanent large-format construction environment that supports child-directed spatial agency
• School gyms and physical education spaces where 160 blocks create movement paths, obstacle zones, and physical challenge environments
• Sensory integration centres and rehabilitation facilities using large-format foam blocks for gross motor, proprioceptive, and spatial awareness therapy with groups of 9-12
• Indoor playgrounds and hotel kids' clubs where a permanent 160-block SMART installation defines the play environment
• Special education departments and inclusive schools running full-cohort large-group construction programmes
• Any institutional setting that needs the SMART range's pyramid-vocabulary environmental construction capability at the 9-12 child group scale

• Single block: 10×10×10 cm
• Set/packaging: 70 x 50 x 40 cm
• Weight: 19kg
• Colours: Turquoise, Grey, Yellow, Pink (approx equal distribution, approximately 40 blocks per colour)
• Magnet type: Neodymium magnets in waterproof rotating capsules
• Material: Closed-cell EVA foam, BPA-free, non-toxic