Wooden Toys are an absolute delight for the eyes but there are some other very good reasons why you should opt for wood.
Wooden toys are environment-friendly, safe, and timeless. Our wooden toys are FSC Certified. The FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) is an international non-governmental organisation which promotes responsible forest management ensuring that the harvest of timber maintains the forest’s biodiversity, productivity and ecological processes.
Wooden toys are also built to last and are sustainable, making them great to pass on to siblings, cousins and subsequent generations.
Educators and experts agree about how simple toys that involve thinking and exploring on a child’s part are the best toys to play with. And wooden toys are just that. Simply but aesthetically designed wooden toys help in broadening our little ones’ imaginations without any distractions and provide the enrichment their developing brains need.
Wooden toys promote creative play, plastic toys with lights and sounds usually offer immediate gratification and therefore, the focus on learning new skills gets lost. Simpler wooden toys spark the imagination. Their simplicity makes them open-ended which allows children to explore, imagine and play however they wish to.
Without sounds and flashy lights, they are quieter and calmer too, making sure the child does not get overwhelmed.
There is no single correct way to play with wooden toys, resulting in open ended play. This all-round experience of play-based learning is significant in a child’s cognitive development. Wooden toys help in enhancing the logic and reasoning power of the child along with the thought process.
Whether it’s wooden blocks or wooden cutting fruit, these toys help a child understand different shapes, weights, and volumes, and encourage little ones to use their brains and come up with innovative ideas to play.
Whist wooden toys are simple this does not distract from how aesthetically pleasing they are, especially given their modern design and beautiful colour palettes. They’re smooth, clean and they last. According to the Montessori philosophy, clean lines, simple looking with attractive colours and order create a calm learning environment and wooden toys fit perfectly in these situations. They can be stacked, are easy to clean and very simple yet so attractive.
We stock a range of wooden toys from a few trusted suppliers such as Tenderleaf, Lanka Kade, Le Toy Van etc…, companies which share our ethos of providing children with quality, sustainable toys, built to last and to be loved and played with. As Lanka Kade state
"Learning through play is the key to unlocking a child's full potential"
Lanka Kade
From wheely good fun with our transport sets, to Noah’s ark, and from cutting fruit and baking sets to wooden animals and roarsome dinosaurs there are wooden toys for every interest age and budget.
"Children learn as they play. More importantly, in play, children learn how to learn"
O.Fred Donaldson