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Toyjeanius recommends wooden building blocks for imaginative play
Wooden building blocks are an old-fashioned toy that promote imaginative play and creativity in children. Toy blocks are a great toy for smaller children because they are durable and large. This means that they do not present a choking hazard because an infant cannot get them in their mouth. Most wooden blocks are made of a smooth wood with painted designs. This means that there is no splintering or anything to fall off the wooden toys.
Toy blocks can also be very educational for infants. Most of these wooden toys are decorated with bright colors, the alphabet, numbers, and even small pictures. These sorts of things can teach infants their alphabet and numbers if a parent or guardian works with them. As they get older, children can even learn to spell simple words like cat, dog and toy. Although your child may not be an architect, simple structures can be built with these old-fashioned wooden toys that can teach them about balance and also assist in counting.
Wooden blocks can be fun for children of all ages. Older children may have no need to learn their alphabet, colors or numbers but they can use them to build things or even help a younger child to learn their colors, numbers and alphabet. Smaller children enjoy the bright colors of these wooden toys. Knocking things down can also be as much fun as building them, another reason that kids like wooden building blocks.
Parents and grandparents like wooden building blocks as well because they are a simple toy. They are not inherently expensive and there is nothing to break or come apart like most toys that are built today. Although these toys are simple, they can be educational, a benefit that most parents like. There is also a sense of nostalgia about these wooden building blocks for parents and grandparents alike. They more than likely played with these toys when they were small, therefore, bringing back memories when their children or grandchildren play with these beloved toys. In some cases, these toys even belonged to the parent or grandparent of the child.
We stock a wide range of wooden building blocks and wooden toys from Haba and I'm Toy.
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