Construction blocks

1. A kit for forming a wall comprising:

a first plurality of substantially cuboid shaped building blocks each having a continuous solid uniform height exterior vertical surface adapted to be closely stacked with a second plurality of corresponding adjacent blocks, said first plurality of building blocks each having a pair of parallel spaced apart bores extending therethrough between top and bottom surfaces thereof,

wherein each bore of said pair of bores is spaced equidistance from each of an end surface and opposed side surfaces of one of said first plurality of building blocks and are spaced and located apart by a distance equal to a width of one of said first plurality of building blocks,

a plurality of connecting ties, each connecting tie extending between first and second ends, each said connecting tie having spaced apart enlarged portions comprising solid unitary cylindrical members having a continuous profile extending therealong at each end thereof with an elongate member extending between said cylindrical members having a height substantially less than said first plurality of building blocks,

wherein said cylindrical members are sized to be frictionally received within said bores with an interference fit so as to span and retain a pair of said second plurality of adjacent building blocks together, and

wherein each building block of said first plurality of building blocks includes a channel extending between said bores of the same building block, said channel being sized and shaped to receive said elongate member of said connecting tie therein when said cylindrical members are located in said bores.

2. The kit of claim 1 wherein each said channel is sized and shaped to receive said elongate member of said connecting tie spanning a pair of connected building blocks therein when one of said first plurality of building blocks is laid thereover and spanning said pair of connected building blocks.

3. The kit of claim 1 wherein each of said elongate members includes a frangible portion at a midpoint thereof.

4. The kit of claim 1 wherein said enlarged portions comprise pins.

5. The kit of claim 4 wherein said pins correspond in size and shape to the bores extending through said first plurality of building blocks.

6. The kit of claim 4 wherein each of said elongate members is connected to a midpoint of said pins.

7. A method for constructing a wall comprising:

providing a first plurality of substantially cuboid shaped building blocks each having a continuous solid uniform height exterior vertical surface adapted to be closely stacked with a second plurality of corresponding adjacent blocks, said first plurality of building blocks each having a pair of parallel spaced apart bores extending therethrough between top and bottom surfaces thereof,

wherein each bore of said pair of bores is spaced equidistance from each of an end surface and opposed side surfaces of one of said first plurality of building blocks and are spaced apart by a distance equal to a width of one of said first plurality of building blocks,

providing a plurality of connecting ties, each connecting tie extending between first and second ends, each said connecting tie having spaced apart enlarged portions comprising solid unitary cylindrical members having a continuous profile extending therealong at each end thereof with an elongate member extending between said cylindrical members having a height substantially less than said first plurality of building blocks,

wherein said cylindrical members are sized to be frictionally received within said bores with an interference fit so as to span and retain a pair of said second plurality of adjacent building blocks together,

wherein each building block of said first plurality of building blocks includes a channel extending between said bores of the same block, said channel being sized and shaped to receive said elongate member of said connecting tie therein when said cylindrical members are located in said bores,

locating a first building block of said first plurality of building blocks on a ground surface,

locating a second building block of said first plurality of building blocks adjacent to said first building block,

frictionally locating a first of said solid unitary cylindrical members of one said connecting tie by said interference fit within a first said bore in a horizontal surface of said first building block and frictionally locating a second of said solid unitary cylindrical members of the one connecting tie by said interference fit within a second said bore in a horizontal surface of said second building block so as to operably couple said first and second building blocks together, and

frictionally locating a third building block of said first plurality of building blocks in staggered relation to said first and second building blocks on said one connecting tie so as to receive said first and second cylindrical members by said interference fit within corresponding first and second bores of said third building block such that said elongate member of said one connecting tie is located within said channel of said third building block.