Camping usually is a great family fun idea-when you want a sure-fire way to bond with your kids take them camping. You will be creating life-long memories.
Kids can help set up the tent and unload the car and can be trusted to remain nearby without continual supervision. They can help collect wood for your fire and help with the cooking (and clean up).
One important thing to remember when you are packing for your trip; each person must have his/her own flashlight. How else can you make shadows on the tent? And a flashlight will direct the way to the outhouse late at night.
A great evening ritual will be looking for different kinds of insects that they can find. They might even catch frogs and minnows near the lakes and streams. You could let them examine these creatures and return them unharmed to the wild. Also, carry bug jars, nets, and buckets.
Make sure you always have a camera on hand; camping can be a comedy of errors with kids. You can also let your kids carry their own cameras through their travels each day.
You will want to bring a few simple toys with you for quiet time. A set of Backyard Buddy Blocks is a great idea for kids 18 months and up. See these children’s wooden toys on our website, All I Can Imagine.
For more camping fun ideas visit: http://www.greatdad.com/tertiary/72/35/camping-with-kids.html
Dad’s, if you have young children and want to surprise your wife with a homemade craft you can find ideas online. Here is one craft idea to make with your child’s help that will be one of your wife’s keepsakes.
Use clean baby food jars. Spray-paint the lids with nontoxic paint. Use one of your favorite drawings or cut out a section from it to fit on the jar. Brush the outside of the jar with Modge Podge (all-in-one glue, sealer and finish ) and place the drawing on it. Brush Modge Podge over the drawing. You can then sprinkle the outside of the jar with glitter. When dry, fill the jar with candy and give Mom the beautiful treasure!
This craft idea came from: http://www.alphabet-soup.net/mot/mothercraft.html
Remember to visit our website, All I Can Imagine for children’s wooden toys ideas. Our line of safe 3d wooden puzzles include a large alphabet dinosaur measuring 13” x 5” and is a perfect gift idea for kids age 3 and up. Each puzzle piece is a separate letter of the alphabet.
Your child’s toys need to entertain as well as educate. Toddler toys have to keep your toddler occupied.
Children love wooden toys and so do parents. They last longer, and the feel of wood is warmer than plastic.
An easy toy to keep in your automobile is a wooden bead maze toy. These rollercoaster toys, which they are also called, come in sizes ranging from small and simple to bigger floor models you would keep at home.
These toddlers learning toys captivate and stimulate a child’s imagination. A maze toy is one of the children’s wooden toys you will own which will help your child develop eye hand coordination.
Traveling with these wood toys has another advantage – they are safe and you won’t have to monitor your child’s play as there are no loose parts. They also improve your child’s motor planning and bi-lateral coordination.
Help keep your child happy and active during long or short drives to the doctor’s office or just to play with whenever you are running errands.
Remember it is more important to have fewer toys so that you can afford quality built children’s wooden toys that are painted with nontoxic paints.
Wooden Toys bring back the feeling of nostalgia. Babies and toddlers love wooden toys too.
The simplicity and effectiveness of wooden kid’s toys will make them sure winners with your baby and will last longer than other toys.
When you purchase your child’s wood toy please remember to check that they are finished with nontoxic paints and varnishes.
One popular toy is a push pull toy. These toys are appropriate for homes, daycare centers as will as doctor’s waiting rooms and other play areas in hair salons, tennis clubs, etc.
When your push pull toy is made of wood it is easy to keep clean and will last for years of tough play making it an economical toy in the long run. From infancy to childhood children learn while they play.
Quality toys are important during your child’s developmental years.It would be better to spend more for your children’s wooden toys and have fewer toys.
When your children reach the age of two you will notice they like to stand on tip toes, throw balls and kick them forward.
A two year old walks, runs, climbs and walks up and down stairs alone. And they love to dig. Growing up I loved to dig in the mud and make mud pies; I probably ate some too!
A toddler will love to take things apart and put them back together and it is a good idea to have several age appropriate children’s wooden toys available to give them safe things to take apart.
Your toddler will try to assert themselves by often saying “No” - providing open-ended games and wooden kids toys will help keep them busy and provide more playtime where they won’t need to say “no”.
A two year old will begin to play simple pretend games and they will want to imitate you while you are in the kitchen preparing a meal. Here I would like to suggest a children’s wooden toy such as play food cutting set.
While you are getting out your food and pots and pans they can get their wooden box (included in the toy) and take out their own vegetables and wooden knife. While you are cutting up your own vegetables your toddler will have several of his own vegetables to cut up.
You will have a great time preparing your families’ meal and your toddler will be learning new skills as you work and talk together.
Growing up I was lucky enough to live near Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. As an adult I used to walk there on my lunch hour for a quick retreat.
With spring in the air it’s time to begin planning a zoo outing with your kids. But if you do not live near a zoo you could provide your kids with one of our children’s wooden toys from our toddler toy collection of playsets.
Our zoo toy is one of our beautiful, fun-filled toddler learning toys that will bring hours of creative play to kids age 3 and up. Our zoo toy includes eleven hand-painted animals, a three piece zoo entrance, a penguin pond and four fences.
Besides providing children wooden playsets it is fun to make simple crafts with your kids. There are several zoo themed ideas I found at this website: http://www.freekidcrafts.com/zoo.html. One that I particularly liked was the Giraffe paper bag puppet. (I have always liked puppets and they are great toddler learning toys.)
Giraffe Paper Bag Puppet – Print out one of the giraffe templates ( color – or – black and white). Color the giraffe, if necessary, and cut out the 2 parts. Glue the giraffe’s head to the bottom of a small lunch-sized paper bag. Lift up the fold and glue in the neck of the giraffe so that when you put your hand inside the bag it looks like the giraffe has a head on top of a neck.
Visit our website today and see all our children’s wooden toys!
Does Your Child’s Daycare Center Have the Right Toys for Your Child?
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.