i know that a lot of people love wooden toys just for no nasties. Great suggestions

Yes, I love wooden toys ! They often last so much longer and are more natural and solid.

I’ve always bought ‘doing’ toys for this very reason. If it makes a noise or comes apart I get it. I steer clear from boring soft toys and Barbies. Much prefer to see the kids learning how to do something

We grew up with wooden toys made locally at Wombi Toys in Whorouly in North East Victoria. They’re all still floating around at the family farm and I’m excited to pass them on to my own child, especially my rocking horse (although it doesn’t fit in to the class of educational wooden toy). He needs a little love but I think he’s doing well at 28yrs old with 20 of those years living outside on the verandah!

Some toys improve hand to eye coordination too.(or the other way around).
Matching shapes and inserting the pieces. construction of Lego and similar toys, Surprisingly I had very few wooden toys, perhaps because they may have been pretty expensive. My Grandma was a stay at home Mum, my Grandpa suffered a lot of physical injuries and illnesses and sometimes ran out of sick leave. Their savings supported them. My Mum and Dad have both been brought up to “save for a rainy day” and had more than their share of them. Things used to made to last. It seemed as though things started breaking down not long after warranties expired. Certainly happened with more than one Hot Water Service. 2 occasions of spewing boiling water out across cement path onto the lawn, burnt and killed it—both beyond repair. The washing machine malfunctioned and it was just as cheap to buy a new one as it was to search for new parts and labour costs which are huge on electrical goods. Within a week the fridge decided to freeze absolutely everything even though it was changed to a warmer setting. A couple of weeks later, Mum could hear water running, went outside and discovered the water softener was spraying out salty water. Luckily a plumber lived nearby and was able to put in a bypass pipe so the water didn’t go into it at all. Yes, they managed to save up a bit and bought us toys as presents but I don’t recall having many wooden ones. I do still have one set of various wooden shapes that we cah build bridges, towers and limited number of other objects. My younger brother had some metal cars, a truck and a trailer(Dad made it). He had some plastic cars that he could swap parts around on. Some were given to us by relatives , as were many books.

And the most important thing – have fun!

I wish my girls had more wooden toys than the plastic stuff they had/have! – it last’s long, is more sturdy and can be handed down more.

I always gave my girls a mix of educational toys and general toys. My girls always use their imagination to mix up different toys and make them all combine into one game! – lots of fun to watch and rewarding to listen to.

My daughter grew up with different toys. Some wooden ones, others not. We loved the Lamaze toys. So educational and at at the same time easy to wash in the washing machine.
We always had puzzles, and building games. We spent a lot of time playing together with those toys. And I always checked that they were safe games and appropriate to her age.

Educational toys are fun and useful for learning for the little ones!

My daughter played with all sorts of toys. She did enjoy building with her wooden blocks.

Yes we love educational toys. Wooden ones are fantastic , my daughter loves them

Good article on how toys can be educational too.

Educational toys are good for children. They are so easy to buy and share around with other parents.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 10 Jul 2016 , 4:41 am

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  Good for adults and children to problem solve together.