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The one line that runs in every parent’s mind while buying stuff for their kids is “I want best for my kids”

So, what are the best toys? How many options are available?

Why choose wooden toys which are most of the time in natural raw wooden look and don’t come with any instructions to play with?

Why not, Colourful and bright plastic toys with many varieties? Which are also less expensive than the wooden toys?

Just for example, if a child plays with a battery-operated and noise-producing plastic car with a remote in hand, he/ she is not going to make any noise of his own but just run behind that car.

On other hand, a child playing with a wooden car will be more creative in making sounds of his own as the car moves. The child will be more active while moving the car with hands. He/she is going to imagine stories or pretend-play with just a moving wooden car.

Overall whenever child is playing he/ she is not doing for time-pass but they are learning a lot of things while playing.

Here are some reason to choose wooden toys :

1. Playtime is not a time-pass

Playtime is the best way of learning for kids. Learning through play boost their imagination. Creativity is at best while playing through open-ended wooden toys. They make their own rules because there is no instruction booklet with wooden toys.

Kids can use wooden building blocks in many ways like:

• Castle
• Parking place
• Tower
• Dollhouse
• Farm

Trust me we adults are nowhere near to their imagination power. Related Blog Link.

2. Expensive but durable

Kid’s play can’t be complete without their toy climbing mountains, running on sofas, or jumping from the table. They need a toy that must be durable to take a load of their imagination.

Wooden toys are expensive than plastic toys but their durability makes them easy on your pocket because they are going to stay for a much longer time. Plastic toys are once broken can’t be the same as before and those tiny pieces of broken plastic are going to harm the environment in so many ways that we can even imagine.

Battery operated toys require some continuous money spending, not a case with wooden toys.

You can see your child playing with natural wooden toys without saying “be careful, it can break”

3. Good for child , good for nature

By choosing a wooden toy we are not only picking good for the child but for our mother nature too.  Sustainability at an early age is one of the best teachings we can give them.

How sustainability can be a homeschooling idea, read more in our related blog.

You can read on plastic toy boxes that how many toxic substances they contain. Even the colors contain chemicals that are not good for children as well as the environment.

4. Promotes their creative, problem -solving and team work skills

Creative and imaginative play boosts their problem-solving and teamwork skills. These skills are required when they are going to put their first step in the school environment.

Parents can have cooperative play with them while helping with blocks or sharing roles in pretend play. It makes it easy for them to merge into the school environment when they are going to share the space with other students.

5. They grow with the child

 As open-ended wooden toys are based on imagination and creative play, these are never going to be old for children. They grow with their imagination.

Those natural colour wooden blocks or toys can be coloured as the child grows and they will be new again. 

6. Wooden toys are for everyone

 No need to get confused while choosing the toy whether it can be played by a girl or boy because wooden toys are for both.

Also, each toy has its own place in the kid’s room and can be knowledgeable too either it’s plastic or wooden and we can’t just throw all the plastic toys in a day.

But a slow transition is required from plastic to a more sustainable way of learning for kids as it is best for them and nature too.