Wooden toys, like so many others, have many educational benefits that often go unnoticed when there is so much playing to do and fun to be had. Children don’t care – and why should they? – if a particular toy will help them develop logical reasoning skills or encourage them to stretch their growing limbs or teach them how to count. Parents, on the other hand, may appreciate the following suggestions for wooden toys that promote mental and physical development.
As well as motor skills, wooden toys are ideal for developing other skills such as hand-eye co-ordination, spatial awareness and general problem solving and reasoning skills. They are also good for taking the first steps on the educational ladder as many toys aid the recognition of letters, words, numbers and shapes.
As a child gets older the choice of wooden toy increases and as well as continually improving the basic skills learnt with their first toys, they are fantastic for developing imagination and fostering social skills which are essential as the early school years beckon. Toys such as dolls' houses, rocking horses, toy kitchens and toy farmyards give children hours of endless fun and they learn not only to use their imaginative skills but also to share their toys and experiences with other children.
There are lots of different types of toys available for your children and it seems that each Christmas the choice for parents gets wider and wider and there are many advertising campaigns trying to convince kids and parents to buy the latest must have toys. However, as with so many things, the toys that have stood the test of time are generally much more popular and beneficial to the child and we know from first hand experience that the traditional wooden toys in our children's playroom are usually the first ones out of the toy boxes in the morning and the last ones to be put away at night. So if you're looking for a perfect gift for your little one, you can't go too far wrong with a wooden toy.
