Texo {Guidecraft Review + Giveaway}

Guidecraft Texo Review for #preschool and #kindergarten

Have you ever bought something and then realized it wasn’t versatile enough for your child or classroom centers? After a short period of time the toy is outgrown and you’re left looking for something more appropriate. Sound familiar?

This month our Guidecraft Educator’s Team will introduce you to a versatile new product called Texo that will allow for differentiation and versatility.

Guidecraft Texo Review and Giveaway for #preschool and #kindergarten

About Texo


An award-winning construction system, Texo was created by architect, author and designer Lester Walker. Each Texo kit contains solid wood rods and planks as well as sturdy, molded plastic connectors. For ages 3 and up, each Texo kit also includes a deluxe activity guide with step-by-step directions for creating and building.

Guidecraft Texo Review and Giveaway for #preschool and #kindergarten
This high-quality product would make a wonderful addition to your building and construction center and provide many opportunities for creativity and problem solving.

Texo Features

  • Real, high-quality natural wooden pieces
  • Colorful plastic connectors
  • Activity Guide with step-by-step instructions in case your little builders need some inspiration

Educational Benefits of Texo for Classroom Centers


Just like Magneatos and PowerClix, Texo also supports the development of S.T.E.M. skills at home or in the classroom. I’ve compiled a list of the educational benefits of Texo for you below:

  • S.T.E.M. Skills {Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math}
  • Construction
  • Creativity
  • Imagination
  • Open-Ended Play
  • Fine Motor Skills/ Hand-Eye Coordination
  • Problem Solving

As they build bridges, houses and more; Texo inspires children in preschool, kindergarten and beyond to explore the principles of math, construction, and engineering while sparking creativity and imaginative play.

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I received a set of Texo to review; I was not compensated in any other way. All opinions are 100% my own.

160 thoughts on “Texo {Guidecraft Review + Giveaway}”

  1. Love manipulatives that are suitable for differing abilities. This will be great for the children of different age levels in my class.

  2. I’d love the largest set to use with my kinders. This looks like a great manipulative for many things…or just free play! 🙂

  3. I would love the 210 piece set for my pre-k classroom. The children love to build and this set looks unlike their other building materials. We are beginning an architecture project due to their interest in building, and these would be such a valuable asset. My 22 students would love these!

  4. The Texo set would be a great addition to my block area. The set would give my students new materials to build and create with. And the possibilities seem endless with this building set!

  5. The 210-piece set would be perfect for our house. My 2 daughters love building things and we can never have enough pieces.

  6. I have lots of students who enjoy building and seeing how parts work together- Any of the 3 sets would be great.

  7. Oh boy the 210 piece set would be perfect for my classroom of 4 years old they would have so much fun building with these. How creative they would be. My Grand kids would love the 100 piece set or the 210 piece set. 🙂

  8. My 5 yr. preschool class old love the 210 piece set. My students have amazing creativity and I am sure they will use the pieces in ways I can’t even imagine yet! We do a lot of working together and problem solving activities and this set would be great for those too!

  9. We’d loooooooove any size set but I think the 100 piece Texo would suit us well. We have a 7, 4, and 3 year old to entertain with these.

  10. Children in my classroom like to build and this set would encourage them to build structures that would help them with critical thinking.

  11. this would be fun for my preschool / toddler group I think they would have lots of fun with this I haven’t bought one before but would love to try it with my day care children.

  12. I absolutely love open ended, creative manipulatives. The Texo set would very well with my pre-kindergarteners. I have 45 children that would benefit from such an inviting well constructed manipulative. Keep up the good work.

  13. We’d be thrilled to have any of them, but of course, our imagine can soar even farther with the 210 piece set!

  14. i would love the 210 pack. my son loves building things and i like to encourage that kind of creativity. he would love this!

  15. I would love the 100 piece set for my PreK room! I can already see the structures and conversations that would happen as a result of building with the Texo Blocks!

  16. I think my students will be able to make new discoveries and explore new designs everyday. My students will never get bored because as they make new discoveries they can add new designs and challenge themselves to new designs.

  17. Laure Dotterweich

    I love the looks of this set! I’m doing a STEM project with my 4’s and 5’s about structures during our second trimester and this would fit in perfectly! Thanks for offering the set!

  18. Another great educational tool from Guidecraft! They have some of the best teaching tools for the classroom. I would love to have the large set of Texo to place in my building center!

  19. We would love to have these Texo builders (the more pieces the better – 210 would be great!). I have a class full of curious 3 and 4 year olds who love to build all kinds of things. These would be such a marvelous addition!

  20. I would love to get the Texo Builders! I teach preschoolers with disabilities and I feel like they would be successful with these builders.
    (the larger set would be nice so I could share with my teacher colleagues. We are itinerant and travel to where the children are, and would be easy to transport)

  21. Hello! My colleague and I were just talking about how we need to locate and purchase some tinker toys for our preschool classrooms. It surprised us to find it difficult to find quality tinker toys. It looks like Texo is a fine example of the type of construction toy we are seeking–something open ended that will satisfy children at all levels of construction play and also durable. For our classrooms, the 210 pc set would be ideal. It would allow more children to interact with the pieces at a time.

  22. What a fantastic item for budding scientists, engineers, and architects! Or really any child with an imagination. 🙂

    1. I would really love to have my pre-k class try the Texo building set. I have some creative kids, as this seems to be a great challenge for them.
      It looks like their imaginations are endless!

  23. The Texo Builders look so interesting and so fun. I would love to have them for my 4 year old classroom. The 100 piece set looks like the best all around set for our needs. I need to show my brother (an architect, who loved to build things as a little guy…the Texo Builders….he should think about creating some great building manipulatives as well!)

  24. This would be a great addition to our block area. It’s such an open-ended manipulative that kids would be able to create a miriad of things.

  25. I think the 100 piece set would be perfect for my two boys in our homeschool classroom. I’m always looking for new construction toys for them!

  26. I would love the 210 pc. The more pieces to be creative with, the better. My son LOVES construction anything and builds really interesting structures. He would LOVE this. I would love it as it’ll keep him busy while I home-school his sister.

  27. I would love the 65 pc Texo set to introduce some basic STEM/STEAM principles to our youth programs here at the public library.

  28. The 210 pc Texo set would be a great set for my PreK classroom. I have several children who love to build and this would be a great addition to the block center.

  29. I would like the 210 piece set because I homeschool my 4 kids and each one is so creative that we will need tons of Texo.

  30. The 210 piece set would be fantastic for my classroom! My kiddos love to build and construct, and the large set would provide enough for several children to use at once!

  31. I teach in an integrated program within a public school. I would LOVE the largest set for our classroom, which is home to four different classes throughout the week! This would be a great addition to our math and science materials!

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