There is a reason a nursery keeps a plain letter set alongside the picture ones. When a block says only ت, a child has nothing to fall back on: they either know the letter or they do not, and the adult finds out in a second. This pack is that plain set, and it is the cheapest one on the site.

Fifteen blocks cover the opening run of the Urdu alphabet, ا through ڑ, laid out in three columns of five in alphabet order on the card. Each face carries one letter in heavy black type on a bright green or pink ground, with nothing else printed beside it.

The absence of pictures is the design, not a shortcut. A picture-and-word block teaches association, which is the right first step. A plain block tests recall, which is the step after it — and the two packs are usually bought a few months apart rather than instead of each other.

Because there are fifteen of them, this pack reaches further into the alphabet than the twelve-block word set does, so it is the one to reach for when a child has already learned the early letters and keeps stalling on the ones that follow.

Practical uses are the ordinary ones: lay them in order and remove one for the child to name, deal them face down and race to sort them, or line them along a table while the alphabet is recited. The bright alternating colours also give a two-year-old sibling a sorting job on the same pile.

The pack is shrink-wrapped on a printed header card marked Education Blocks by Khudee Toys & Games. No age is marked; we suggest three years and up, with an adult nearby for a younger child. The Safencia price is Rs. 350 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan, including Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

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