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harold
I'm curious to the type of toy material that parents prefer to buy for their toddlers?
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Hi Harold,
I tend to have a strong liking for wood toys that are of excellent quality, but find that wooden toys are generally limited to blocks, puzzles and some very expensive hand made train sets. Some of the best wooden blocks on the market are Melissa & Doug's Standard Unit Blocks:
http://www.kids-toys-parents-love.com/standard_unit_blocks.html
They have other great wooden puzzle sets, and ImagiPlay makes an earth friendly dinosaur puzzle with non toxic paint: http://www.kids-toys-parents-love.com/Dinosaur_puzzles.html
Most of the toys we get for our kids are plastic, primarily because of selection and availability. They definitely are easier to disinfect and last just as long as the wood toys.
Most of the concerns over quality come from the massive 2007 recall from plastic toys manufactured in China containing lead and cadmium metals!! Besides keeping manufacturing jobs closer to home, companies like Little Tikes, Step 2 and Kid K'Nex keep a tight control over quality and materials. For toddlers, Little Tikes and Step 2 offer a wide variety of American made toys manufactured in Ohio, while Kid K'Nex is a great company for older kids who love creative building.
http://www.kids-toys-parents-love.com/Little_Tikes_Toys.html
http://www.kids-toys-parents-love.com/Step_2_Toys.html
http://www.kids-toys-parents-love.com/Kid_KNex.html
So in answering your questions, I prefer wooden toys, but availability and selection keeps our toy collection at 90% plastic and 10% wood.
Hopes this helps, and have fun playing with wood or plastic toys with your toddler!!
Hi Harold,
I tend to have a strong liking for wood toys that are of excellent quality, but find that wooden toys are generally limited to blocks, puzzles and some very expensive hand made train sets. Some of the best wooden blocks on the market are Melissa & Doug's Standard Unit Blocks:
http://www.kids-toys-parents-love.com/standard_unit_blocks.html
They have other great wooden puzzle sets, and ImagiPlay makes an earth friendly dinosaur puzzle with non toxic paint: http://www.kids-toys-parents-love.com/Dinosaur_puzzles.html
Most of the toys we get for our kids are plastic, primarily because of selection and availability. They definitely are easier to disinfect and last just as long as the wood toys.
Most of the concerns over quality come from the massive 2007 recall from plastic toys manufactured in China containing lead and cadmium metals!! Besides keeping manufacturing jobs closer to home, companies like Little Tikes, Step 2 and Kid K'Nex keep a tight control over quality and materials. For toddlers, Little Tikes and Step 2 offer a wide variety of American made toys manufactured in Ohio, while Kid K'Nex is a great company for older kids who love creative building.
http://www.kids-toys-parents-love.com/Little_Tikes_Toys.html
http://www.kids-toys-parents-love.com/Step_2_Toys.html
http://www.kids-toys-parents-love.com/Kid_KNex.html
So in answering your questions, I prefer wooden toys, but availability and selection keeps our toy collection at 90% plastic and 10% wood.
Hopes this helps, and have fun playing with wood or plastic toys with your toddler!!
Toy that helps kids to put numbers upto 100 in order?
shilpi.cha
Does anybody know of a toy that can help my child put them in sequence up to 100, maybe a wooden toy or a board game? And where can I get one from? He is 4 years old. Thanks.
Answer
There are tile 100 boards that you can buy from educational retailers, but they are unrealistically high sometimes. Its a scrabble style raised grid with number tiles the child places in order.
This Montessori Site offers DIY products you can make at home. It has instructions for making a MTS (Sequence board of 100 board). Instead of laminating you could use fun foam to cut tiles, as well. Actually, the site includes lots of fun developing math concepts you can explore at home.
I did find one reasonably priced grid @ learningresources.com. Search hundreds board.
There are tile 100 boards that you can buy from educational retailers, but they are unrealistically high sometimes. Its a scrabble style raised grid with number tiles the child places in order.
This Montessori Site offers DIY products you can make at home. It has instructions for making a MTS (Sequence board of 100 board). Instead of laminating you could use fun foam to cut tiles, as well. Actually, the site includes lots of fun developing math concepts you can explore at home.
I did find one reasonably priced grid @ learningresources.com. Search hundreds board.
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