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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Ten Perfect Christmas Presents from Melissa and Doug and WoodenToyShop
This week at WoodenToyShop we have been looking through our large range of Melissa and Doug wooden toys and picking out some of our favourites. We think any of these will make wonderful Christmas presents, assuming Santa can fit them in his sack and on the sleigh. Whether they come down the chimney, or through the front door, we recommend the following ten Melissa and Doug to guarantee happy faces on Christmas morning. Continue reading
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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
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Ship Ahoy! Piratical Pandemonium on the Le Toy Van Barbarossa Pirate Ship
Far, far away on the horizon I can just about make out the black headsail of some kind of ship. What’s that familiar looking design on the jib? It looks like a, oh no, yes it is, it’s a skull and crossbones! And what’s the flag flying high above the mainsail and above the crow’s nest? Crikey! It’s a Jolly Roger. Weigh anchor lads, look sharp. It looks as though the Le Toy Van Barbarossa Pirate Ship is about to take a shot across our bows. Continue reading