Blocks And 3d Puzzles

If you guessed that they are all considered rainforest animals you would be correct. Frogs are from the Amphibians category, Bats and Bengal Tigers from the Mammals category.

Other animals that are considered rainforest animals are from categories such as Arachnids, Birds, Insects, and Reptiles to name a few others.

According to Answers.com the Amazon Rainforest has a mossy ground cover and is rich with vegetation, animals and insects. It has many slopes, cliffs and hills for waterfalls and rivers.

The soil is moist because it gets at least 9 feet of water a year. It has many exotic flowers and many fish in the rivers.

Nowadays there are many students studying the rainforest and here is a link with all sorts of useful information for your students. http://www.rain-tree.com/schoolreports.htm.  You may also like this rainforest activity pages link:  http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/coloring-pages/rainforest.htm#alphabet.

If your students are 3 and up we offer a unique rainforest 3d wooden puzzle playset on our website. Each animal is its own puzzle piece and is chunky in size making it easy for young children to pick up and play with. All the toy animals fit together to form a pretty 7.5” square puzzle.

Like all great apes, gorillas have arms that are longer than their legs and tend to walk on all four limbs at certain times – a movement that is called knuckle walking. Adult males are known as ‘silverbacks’ due to the distinctive silver-colored hair on their backs.

Depending on the sub-species, the Gorillas’ appearance may vary.  The Western sub-species tend to be brownish gray in color, while the eastern and mountain gorillas tend to have a more blackish coat. Mountain gorillas also have longer and thicker fur which is adapted to their colder mountainous habitat. The three lowland sub-species of gorillas sport short, fine hair. Eastern lowland gorillas are the largest of the four subspecies.

Gorilla’s eat healthy foods such as leaves, shoots, roots, vines and fruits and are a popular zoo attraction at feeding time.  I grew up in Chicago and one of my favorite houses was the ape house.  It always fascinated me to watch the large Gorilla’s eating and interacting with one another.

When you take your children to see the Gorillas keep in mind that they are shy animals that are most active during the day. At dusk, each gorilla constructs a ‘nest’ of leaves and plant material in which it will sleep. Mothers usually share their nests with nursing infants.

Gorilla’s are an endangered species and if you home school you can teach your children about Gorilla’s during their science or geography lesson. Here is a craft idea you might like to try. http://www.first-school.ws/activities/alpha/g/gorilla.htm.

For other future lessons see our line of brightly painted 3d wooden puzzles.

To fulfill the needs of all the animals, Noah carefully built the Ark to Gods specifications. The Ark did indeed have room for all the animals that God brought to Noah before the Flood.

Noah did not have to go out and find the correct animals – God brought each one to him and this probably included a young pair of each main type of dinosaur.  God may have just brought Noah the basic types of dinosaurs He first created.

Young dinosaurs would be smaller than full grown adult dinosaurs and easier to care for.  You probably already figured out that the younger dinosaurs would also eat less food and would require a much smaller room.

It is said that dinosaurs lived for a few centuries, at least, after the Flood, but probably not in the great numbers that there once had been before the Flood.  It is not exactly known when dinosaurs finally died out, according to the article I read.

To help teach kids about many different dinosaurs they will enjoy playing with wooden kids toys and playsets that include brightly colored, chunky pieces.  Our Dinosaur puzzle play set is a safe children’s wooden toy that doubles as a 3d wooden puzzle.  Each puzzle piece is a unique dinosaur and makes a separate toy by itself.

Did you know many of the animals on Noah’s Ark may have slept most of the time?

Make a fun Valentine’s Card that is made to share.  An added plus is that your child can practice learning about basic math concepts such as number recognition, shapes, and patterns.

While your child designs an imaginative and artistic set of counting cards you may use this craft as a learning tool to reinforce mathematical abilities.

You can see a sample of this craft and get the directions and a list of needed supplies at this website –

http://www.education.com/activity/article/valentine-day-counting-cards/

Hope you enjoy this craft project.  Don’t forget to take a look at our website and see all our number and alphabet 3d wooden puzzles such as our counting penguins pictured here.

A child’s brain is likened to a sponge and absorbs enormous amounts of a variety of information. Because the brain continues to expand as it grows it is important to expose your children to a variety of open-ended wooden kids toys.

Not only are children exposed to a variety of toddler learning toys at home, there are wooden toys in their daycare, Sunday school and waiting rooms. Where ever your children are becomes an opportunity for teaching opportunities.

You can help your children learn colors, for example, while sitting in the doctor’s office.  If you put down your magazine and observe the toddler toys available you could point out to your child a chair and say to him “this is a chair.  The color of the chair is blue”. 

Quality education is most important to the mental health and growth of all young children and it is because of this that you will find it beneficial to surround your children with playsets, wood puzzles and other toys that have a variety of shapes and colors to keep your children interested in play and learning.

Your child may love playing with a Sealife puzzle playset pictured above.  Each chunky puzzle piece is it’s own creature including a sea horse, crab and turtle.  Made from splinter-proof wood this is one of our toddler learning toys is for ages 3 up.

Combine fun and learning and you have a happy child.  Educational daycare toddler learning toys play an important role in your child’s development.

Toys have to hold your child’s attention and advancing technology is leading to new innovations is toys specifically designed for toys in daycare centers.  Classic toys such as musical toys, coloring books, paint sets and time tested wooden kids toys are appearing in waiting rooms, Sunday schools, and daycare centers.

Did you know that daycare toys and toddler learning toys are now appearing in shopping malls and toy shops in every possible field?  The variety of children’s wooden toys for parents and educators to choose from includes activity centre toys, sports, science, painting, building block toys and even electronic and computer toys.

Children’s toy collections should include age appropriate toys and with subjects that they are interested in or subjects that you want to introduce to your children.  Remember if a child is bored with a toy, or he finds it too difficult, he will set it aside.

Kids love toys and wood puzzles with a variety of shapes and sizes and in bright primary colors.  By 2-1/2 to 3 years old children have good hand and finger coordination making chunky 3d puzzles a perfect daycare toy. A popular wooden kids toy is our bunnies number puzzle pictured above.  This toddler toy has small parts and is not for children under 3 years old.

A snail lives in a shell and moves very slowly. To teach kids about snails it helps to have a live specimen available.

If you have a garden you probably have a snail nearby.  Did you know garden snails feed on both living and decaying plants which can damage your garden’s crops?  Because of this fact, snails are not very welcome in your garden and are considered pests.

Regardless that the snail is a pest they do make an interesting educational lesson for your children.  Snails are neat to learn about and fun to watch.

Let’s get back to the “snail trail hunt”.  So where do you look for snail trails? Most garden snails live in and around moist areas such as near ponds, in the woods, and of course, in the garden. They usually travel in irregular paths, oftentimes in a circle and sometimes even upside down.

Take the kids for a walk on a cloudy day along a nature trail or at night in the backyard to see if they can spot any snail trails. Hunt for snail trail in the garden along walks and walls or beneath stones, leaves, or flowerpots. Follow the snail trail to see where it leads. Be aware, however, that not all snail trails are the same. It could belong to the slug instead. A slug is simply a snail without a shell. So how do you tell the two trails apart? If the snail trail is continuous, then it’s a slug. If there are breaks in the trail, it’s a snail.

If you find a snail have your child capture him and put it in a clear container with a lid and air vents. When disturbed the snail will retreat back into its shell.  This is how they also sleep and hibernate during the winter. Find more snail facts online or at your library. 

For craft ideas you may like a website I just located: http://daniellesplace.com/HTML/snailcrafts.html

If you have a young child 3 and up who is learning his numbers he will love our snail 3d wooden puzzle.  This wood puzzle is made from splinter-proof hardwood and measures 6” x 5”.  Painted in bright primary colors that kids love each chunky piece has an individual number painted on it.

The wolf is the largest member of the canine family. Gray wolves range in color from grizzled gray or black to all-white. As the ancestor of the domestic dog, the gray wolf resembles German shepherds or malamutes. Wolves are making a comeback in the Great Lakes, Northern Rockies and Southwestern United States.

Wolves like to eat Ungulates (large hoofed mammals) like elk, deer, moose and caribou. Wolves are also known to eat beaver, rabbits and other small prey. Wolves are also scavengers and often eat animals that have died due to other causes like starvation and disease.

Wolves live, travel and hunt in packs of 4-7 animals on average. Packs include the mother and father wolves, called the alphas, their pups and several other subordinate or young animals. The alpha female and male are the pack leaders that track and hunt prey, choose den sites and establish the pack’s territory. Wolves develop close relationships and strong social bonds. They often demonstrate deep affection for their family and may even sacrifice themselves to protect the family unit.

Wolves have a complex communication system ranging from barks and whine to growls and howls. While they don’t howl at the moon, they do howl more when it’s lighter at night, which occurs more often when the moon is full.

The most common cause of death for wolves is conflict with people over livestock losses. While wolf predation on livestock is fairly uncommon, wolves that do prey on them are often killed to protect the livestock.

We hope you enjoyed reading a few facts about the grey wolf.  You can easily find more facts and crafts by doing an online search.  And your children may love to have a grey wolf of their own.

Available online are 3d wooden puzzles from ImagiPLAY’s line of wooden kids toys. When you want quality built educational childrens toys your children will take great delight in a new wolf puzzle.

They are great swimmers and divers. Their wings work as paddle for swimming. The torpedo shape of their body helps them swim at high speeds. They can also waddle on land.

You would be correct if you guessed the Penguin. Kids became fascinated with the popularity of the movie ‘Happy Feet’ and I did to. At Christmas a group of my friends and I sat and watched it twice in a row. Here are a few more penguin facts that your kids will love to know – Penguins usually move within groups and eat snow as a source of fresh water.

Penguins use sign language to communicate with each other and make use of their flippers and head to talk to other penguins. Find more facts and cute penguin craft ideas by searching online.

There is also a cute penguin 3d wooden puzzle manufactured by ImagiPLAY that we have pictured with the blog post that your kids would love to get their hands on.  There are 10 interlocking penguin pieces each with a different number, 1-10.  Kids will love playing with this wood puzzle and its individual penguins while learning to count 1-10. Puzzles are a wonderful kids learning toy.

Once a child has conquered putting together their 3d wooden puzzles, their confidence will skyrocket. The fun doesn’t stop there – with ImagiPLAY’s 3d wood puzzles your child continues to benefit from repeated assembly of jigsaw puzzles, honing their speed with the critical thinking skills they’ve acquired.

Creative play is important in a child’s education.  Providing educational children’s toys such as playsets allow creative play for a child playing alone or in a group.

Playsets are also a great teaching tool for lessons.  With the chunky pieces of individual sea animals in the Sealife playset pictured here you can make up games to teach children about the wonderment of under water life.

Here is another game you could use.  Find pictures of sea life creatures, or have the children find them.  Laminate and cut them in half.  Have your children match up the fronts with the backs of the creatures.  If you can’t find any pictures you could trace the individual figures from the puzzle playset onto brightly colored construction paper.

Another variation of this game is for the teacher to mismatch the animals’ halves and see if the children can spot the correct halves.

Home schools and preschools will get years of use out of wood puzzles, puzzle playsets and indoor wooden play sets when purchasing quality educational children’s toys. Shop for toys that are made from splinter-proof wood and painted with non-toxic paints.  And remember to wipe down and sanitize all your toys each day.