In my last post I introduced why I love wooden toys for kids. Read on for more reasons why wooden toys are simply the best...
Sensory Experience
Playing with wooden toys is a sensory experience. They are naturally beautiful, interesting and inviting as they provide a lovely textural experience for children. During infancy and early childhood, children learn through their senses and will return to wooden toys during play, time and time again.
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| Fun Factory Wooden Fire Truck |
Encourage Quality Play
Wooden toys are educational toys and they are fun. They are mostly made for open-ended play that encourages imagination, creativity and the development of a variety of cognitive, social, emotional and physical skills. Wooden toys engage children in meaningful, good quality play. Many of the modern, high tech and plastic battery operated toys currently on the market can be over stimulating making them distracting and disruptive to calm and engaged play.
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| Le Toy Van Honey Bake Baking Set |
Easy to Clean
Wooden toys are very easy to clean. I have found wiping them over with warm soapy water or disinfectant will do the trick. Don't forget to dry them after wiping over. Don't submerge them in water, this will damage the wood.
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| Manhattan Toys Natural Baby Beads |
Aesthetically Pleasing
Wooden toys look lovely. Their beauty invites children to play with them and they look gorgeous on display on your child's shelf when they aren't being used.
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| Wonderworld My Pink House |
So, if you ever have to choose between 2 similar toys, one plastic and the other wooden, I hope this information assists you in making a decision. Remember this simple rule... Wood is so good!
Happy Playing,
Emma
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