Wooden Toys For Girls
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Springtime in the Countryside
For many children, a toy farm is as close as they come to living in or near the countryside. I was lucky enough to move to the coastal edge of Exmoor several years ago and feel as though I have found my spiritual home, having both the sea and the moor as my neighbours. Sometimes we look out of the front of our house to check sea conditions in the morning and on other days we look out of the back windows to the hills of Exmoor, generally to see how the sheep in the field above are doing. Continue readingPreparing for Life through Play
As I lay in the dentist’s chair this morning waiting for the anaesthetic to work I remembered going to the dentist as a child and started to think about all the scary grown up experiences we had to take in our stride as little ones. Of course, we didn’t really take anything in our stride as our Mum and Dad made sure we were ready for the big wide world before we ventured forth. They achieved this in many ways, not least with books and stories but also through toys and play. Teaching children essential life skills with learning toys is one obvious way to give them a good start, but there are plenty of other toys which help in less obvious ways. Continue reading
The Joys of Wooden Train Sets
In a week when we have once again been celebrating the simple things in life like Sunday lunches with the family, bedtime storytelling and switching off the TV to play board games, it was perhaps inevitable that our thoughts would turn to wooden train sets. Continue reading
Our Prices and Services
Conversations with our suppliers at the annual Toy Fair last month inevitably gravitated towards price. As new retailers we are extremely aware of the importance of price to our customers and any upwards movement in supplier prices causes plenty of debate in the WoodenToyShop office. Continue reading