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Welcome to My Natural Wooden Toys Blog
October 20th, 2009
The simple wooden puzzle has been entertaining generations of children for hundreds of years. These traditional wooden toys were originally made by painting onto a piece of flat wood and then using a jigsaw to cut up the piece of wood into interconnecting pieces.
In 1760 the first commercially made wooden puzzle is recorded as being made by John Spilsbury. These puzzles were designed as being educational and the designs were of maps. He used these wooden toys to teach children geography. As his pupils fitted the pieces together they would naturally become familiar with the different countries and continents.
These days, many modern puzzles are made from paper but when choosing puzzles for young children, wooden puzzles have a lot of advantages. The most basic is that the large pieces are easier for a child to handle. Large three dimensional pieces are easier for small hands to manipulate and are often designed to show animal or human shapes.
As educational tools, a wooden puzzle can help young children develop sound motor skills and develop their ability to problem solve. They will also learn about the people, animals and other images that are on the jigsaw. Doing a puzzle helps the brain to develop deduction, reasoning, logical thought and the ability to analyse, which is why even in adulthood jigsaw puzzles hold their charm. On a physical level they improve hand-eye co-ordination and develop spatial awareness. However, one must not forget that all this learning is often an unnoticed process by children. For them, a wooden puzzle simply means hours of fun.
To see our range of wooden toys contact us at My Natural Wooden Toys.
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October 14th, 2009
The love for wooden toys is making a huge comeback as parents look for toys that are environmentally friendly and offer simple and effective means to help their children through the developmental stages.
There are so many reasons to opt for wooden toys. One reason they are starting to become a firm favourite again is their sheer variety. There are so many forms of wooden toys available, from wooden puzzles to pull toys, to wooden carts and cars.
The next reason is that they are well suited to child development. They stimulate pretend play and a child’s imagination in a way that plastic toys cannot. The simplicity and tactile quality of these toys stimulate children of all ages to let their imagination run riot. They improve a child’s thought processes and motor skills by allowing children to play simple games. The classic wooden blocks toy is still recommended by child development experts today as it can be used to create counting games, motor skills and in their bright colours and smooth textures stimulates a young child’s senses.
As gifts they are also beautiful and both parents and children will adore them. By looking after the wooden toys they are robust enough to be handed down from sibling to sibling and their classic designs remain safe for children of all ages.
For a wide selection of wooden toys that will stand the test of time with their endless charm and appeal, contact us at My Natural Wooden Toys.
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October 8th, 2009
When it comes to buying wooden toys for your children, there are many advantages over the plastic rivals on the market. Aside from the age-old charm of these preschool toys, the more traditional toys made of wood have a uniquely natural and appealing appearance and feel. Children are automatically drawn to this beautiful material and will hold these toys dear for many years to come.
Wooden toys are much more durable than their plastic counterparts and can be passed down from sibling to sibling. Wood has a naturally anti-bacterial surface which can not be replicated by modern-styled plastic toys.
When using wooden toys in the outdoors, be it in the garden or in the sandpit, these charming classics seem to fit with the natural landscape seamlessly.
Caring for wooden toys is easily done. To keep clean simply wipe them down with a clean, damp cloth using a mild detergent such as washing up liquid. Natural soaps are good to use on wooden sandpits for example without causing the wood to dry out and will avoid leaving chemicals on the wood’s surface.
To make extra sure your wooden toys are germ free, vinegar is a natural cleanser. For a very dirty wooden toy use warm water and a mild liquid soap and scrub gently with a nail brush to remove any grime. Never use harsh ingredients such as bleach or strong chemical detergents as both can damage the appearance of the toy.
By looking after your wooden toys you will have them for generations so that many children can enjoy the magic of the same toy. For more information on a full range of wooden toys, from pull toys to wooden rocking horses, contact us at My Natural Wooden Toys today.
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October 6th, 2009
When you visit a toy store you’ll find two types of toys. Firstly the new innovative toys that beep, flash and vibrate in glorious waves of colours. Secondly, you’ll find the more traditional toys that have lasted throughout the generations and remain childhood favourites today, such as wooden toys.
These traditional toys have been invented in the past and still enchant children across the world from all cultures and backgrounds. They are the classics of the toy world.
These charming toys will whisk you back down memory lane. The first classic is an absolute icon. At some point all children have coveted a wooden rocking horse. Little girls imagine themselves as a beautiful princess cantering on her sleek white horse and little boys wield their toys swords as they charge ahead in their imaginary battles to save the world.
The next classic is the wooden doll’s house and its wooden dolls. The set up of the house is simply magical with wooden doll furniture and tiny wooden kitchen sets. A variation on this is the wooden puppet theatre where kids can really let their imaginations and creativity run wild re-enacting childhood classics or making up their own colourful tales.
Pre school toys that are always cherished by boys are wooden trains. This toy will be a permanent fixture for many years and will be lovingly looked after.
These wooden toys aid the development of children simply and without fuss. The classic wooden block will never fail to occupy the imagination of growing toddlers and no amount gadgetry will surpass it.
Contact My Natural Wooden Toys where we have a wide range of wooden toy classics.
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August 28th, 2009
Here at My Natural Wooden Toys, we have created a range of natural wooden toys designed to give you child hours of pleasure. No matter the age of your child, we have a range of natural wooden toys that will be sure to please.
Wooden toys have been around for thousands of years and are ecologically sound, safe, easily repaired, non toxic, and can last from one generation to another.
Of course, your child is going to put a piece of toy in his or her mouth, so it’s important to know that the materials used conform to strict international standards. Toys from My Natural Wooden Toys, conform to the highest standards of manufacture.
How you can use wooden toys effectively?
You will have found out by now that a parent’s job is never done. Helping them with some knowledge of numbers and the alphabet is one of them. My Natural Wooden Toys for example, manufacture a range of building blocks with the alphabet printed in bright colours. You can easily put the blocks in order to represent their name, or the familiar “Dog, cat, Mommy, Daddy” and so on. The child will learn how to recognise the letters, and be able to do it on their own.
The push and pull toys in our wooden toy range are great in teaching your child balance, as well as independence. Surely you remember those first steps, and how you had to child proof all the cupboards.
The My Natural Wooden Toy’s range does not only cover educational toys, they have a wide range of wooden toys for simply playing with, from dolls to trains, from puzzles to memory games.
There will definitely be something in the range that will give your child hours of pleasure.
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August 1st, 2009
My Natural Wooden Toys make a marvellous range of natural wooden toys for children to use. The range of toys extends from wooden toys for pre-schoolers, to those for older children to play with around the garden, or the local park.
All the wooden toys are brightly coloured and sturdily built, as we all know; kids can be hard on toys. And being made of wood, if something does break, fixing something made of wood is as easy as buying some glue from the hardware store.
How to do it
We have a marvellous catalogue that can be viewed online to help you make a choice. One of the pre-school toys you should have a look at is the abacus. It’s a sturdy wooden toy designed to help the child make sense of quantities. The abacus comes in different animal forms like a dog or a horse and even a cow making it easy for a child to identify with the animal and reinforce the learning.
Depending on how far the child is advanced, you could also have a look at the wooden puzzles which are designed to help develop the child’s memory.
Have a look at the wooden toy clock, an ideal way to teach your child how to tell the time.
The pull toy range from us is just that, a wooden toy to pull around. You will probably remember them from your own child hood. They are simply that, something to have fun with. All are brightly coloured and in different shapes from cats and dogs to ladybirds.
There is something for every child available from My Natural Wooden Toys.
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