Even though it feels like Christmas was only last week and the New Year hangover has just subsided (have we officially stopped wishing each other Happy New Year yet?) children have been back at school for over a month now and half term is upon us once more. Mums and Dads who have yet to don their thinking caps to plan how to keep their little angels amused for a week may be grateful for the following suggestions from the team at WoodenToyShop. Continue reading
child development
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Pushmi-pullyu – Ten Push and Pull Along Toys from WoodenToyShop
The sight of a young baby or toddler crawling on the floor pushing his or her favourite toy along is familiar to us all. Most of us will even remember pulling something along by a string as we wobbled around the house in our jimjams with a wet Farley’s rusk crumbling through our fingers and onto the carpet. If you have a little one that would love something bright, colourful and fun to play with this Christmas, we recommend one of the following wooden push and pull along toys.
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The WoodenToyShop Guide to Musical Toys for Children
Children love music from a very early age. They love singing, dancing and banging out a tune on a biscuit tin or any other hollow object that comes to hand. Watching the joy in children’s faces as they sing along to their favourite song is always a pleasure and even though they can be a little noisy at times and occasionally even, dare I say it, out of tune, we’re firm believers in encouraging children to play creatively and developing their musical appreciation as early as possible. We hope you will find the following WoodenToyShop Guide to Musical Toys for Children helpful when choosing something melodic for your young musician.
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Slow Toys and WoodenToyShop
We were very encouraged earlier this week as the Slow Toy movement was given national newspaper coverage when the 2012 Slow Toy Awards were announced. Although we were disappointed that none of the toys we stock won any of these awards, we were heartened to read about a movement that celebrates the enduring properties of toys that are made to stand the test of time and to educate and entertain children as they grow up. So we decided to take a look at the criteria used by the judges of these awards and see if they could be applied to the wooden toys we sell at WoodenToyShop.co.uk. Continue reading