WOODEN TODDLER TOYS

 

The best toddler toys are the ones that are age appropriate.  Toddler toys also need to challenge and support the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development of the toddler.  Wooden toddler toys are fantastic for this type of development.  In this developmental stage, the toddler is learning to walk and as they want to become more independent, they also may become a little stubborn too.  One of the things that the toddler will enjoy is being outdoors.  Some of the best wooden toddler toys for being outside are things like a push/pull toy, a wagon, riding toys, or a wooden rocking horse.

Help your toddler develop fine motor skills by finding wooden toddler toys such as stacking toys, nesting toys, stacking rings, wooden puzzles, pounding toys and wooden building blocks.  Don't be concerned if your toddler doesn't have good hand-eye coordination or fine motor skills at first.  This type of development comes later particularly in preschool settings.

 

   
     
A toddler is at the stage where they are still content to play alone.  They also enjoy parallal play with other children.  Wooden toddler toys that work well for this play are toys like wooden cars, wooden train cars, or any toy where there is more than one to play with.  This is also a great opportunity to teach social skills to your toddler by teaching him to share toys.

As the primary caregiver, you are the one who has the key to success in teaching your toddler.  Finding wooden toddler toys such as an alphabet wooden toy puzzle, or wooden number puzzles, is a great teaching tool for language development.  These types of wooden toddler toys also teach color, size, and shape identification.  Teach your toddler by talking or telling a story using wooden toys like a doll house or a barnyard animal set.  One of the most important activities you can do with your child is to read to them.  By reading lots of kids books it will teach them the love of reading and improve their language ability.

To allow open-ended play is the best way to stimulate your toddlers creativity and imagination.  Research shows the child who develops an imagination does better academically, socially, and emotionally in adulthood.  The best wooden toddler toys for this kind of play are those that the child will play by himself such as his wooden toy cars, train set, stacking toys, bathtub toys, puzzles, arts and crafts that have no right or wrong results.

As is always the case with American made products, there is no need for concern about toxic materials being used in the making of the toys.  Wooden toddler toys are made with all natural materials from a renewable resource by loving, caring hands.  Heirloom quality toys that last a lifetime and more.