Wooden toys guide to buying

In general the term baby covers the ages 0 – 18 months and there is an awful lot of difference between these ages. A newborn baby will not be able to hold a wooden toy and play whereas an 18month old will probably try and dismantle the wooden toy you have lovingly given, so it is important to buy a wooden toy that is correct for stage of development. Wooden toys for 0 – 3 months; look for a wooden toy that is bright and colourful and will entertain the baby, something like a wind up cow music box is ideal or look at other wooden toys for baby.

Wooden toys for 3 – 6 months; this is the stage when baby will learn to hold objects and then sit up, so go for wooden toys like snazzy maracas they can shake and rattle or bang whilst stationary.

Wooden toys for 6 – 9 months; babies are now learning to crawl and never want to sit still so push along wooden toys and are fabulous for this age. For boys, it sounds like a cliché, but you can’t go wrong with a set of wheels like the mini police car

wooden toys for 9 – 18 months; from now on the development increases at a rate of knots. From crawling to walking in a few short months to learning to speak and understanding of different shapes and colours, the choice of wooden toys becomes overwhelming. Firm favourites are push along or ride on wooden toys such as the Wheelybug or the Spinny Walker If your particular 18 month old is a one baby demolition derby then try a wooden toy tambourine or geo sorting board.

Wooden toys for Preschool persuasion

Wooden toys for 3 – 5 years children who have mastered walking and in the case of many have also mastered the English language well enough to be independent and confident need to take on a new form. Now much of their time is spent in their own heads – wooden toys that enhance their imagination which is outstanding at this age and inventing games is the order of the day.

Wooden toys for 3 – 4 years, gender does start to make a difference, at this age they are more aware of differences in gender and may become quite stereotypical in their choice of wooden toys. Girls may want to dress up and play parties so wooden toy vanity cases and wooden toy birthday cakes will help them to live out their role playing. For boys, fighting dragons or rescuing friends from danger they will need wooden toy castles

Wooden toys for 4 -5 years, learning and motor skills will be high on a preschoolers priorities so wooden toy Pedaless early rider bikes to get them active and wooden toy puzzles depicting the world around them are good preparation for the start of their school years. Alternatively go for wooden toy Planx Building Blocks