It has been said that “complex block-play is linked with advanced math skills in later life”. Toddlers as young as two years old should have several sets of toy blocks to play with.
Whether your child has foam blocks, cardboard blocks or wooden blocks to play with he will have a toy that will provide him open-ended play time. They will be able to create their own structures into their own play scenarios.
A set of blocks can help your child develop such things as language skills, social skills, creative problem-solving skills, spatial skills as well as motor and hand-eye coordination.
Toy blocks and other construction toys are among the best developmental toys that money can buy. An investment in quality wooden kids toys can’t be over emphasized. One such kids toy is Toy Store in a Box, by ImagiPLAY.
ImagiPLAY’s owner believes that the single most important toy a child can have is a set of blocks. Every block set they manufacture us multi-functional and is designed to inspire hours of imaginative play.
Toy Store in a Box is the ultimate developmental toy for ages 2 up. There are 28 stacking/nesting boxes of various sizes and they all fit into one another. They all stack in such a way that they can be stored in the largest block, the green, 9” x 9” cube.
Kids will love the feel of the wood and the bright colors, red, yellow, blue and green. This is one wooden kids toys you must see!
This ancient tree is between 800 to 1000 years old and has a waistline of 33 feet. What makes this magnificent tree so popular is the belief that it was Robin Hood’s shelter where he and his merry men slept.
Transcending times and cultures, the oak has symbolized strength and endurance. For this reason it stands tall as the national tree of England, Estonia, France, Germany, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the United States, Basque Country, Wales and Serbia.
The smoke from oak wood chips is used for smoking fish, meat, cheese and other foods. It is also used for tanning leather, as the bark is rich in tannin. Some of the best professional drums are made from Japanese oak by manufacturer Yamaha Drums. These drums give off a brighter and louder tone compared to regular drums, owing to the rough, hard surface of the oak.
SEE OUR MAJESTIC OAK TREE! All I Can Imagine, our website, has unique wooden kids toys including safe 3d wooden puzzles. Our puzzles are manufactured from hard, splinter-proof rubberwood trees and painted with lead-free paints.
Read more interesting facts about the majestic oak tree from the website where I found these facts: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/facts-about-oak-trees.html
Camping with your children will be a wonderful bonding experience. And, when children can play outside there are less rules and restrictions, making it fun for the whole family.
Besides all the running around and exploring and the normal camping chores, there will also need to be a time for quite play. Planning ahead of time you could prepare some simple crafts for kids to make while sitting at a picnic table.
Here is one I thought would be fun and children will learn about design in nature from this toddler craft.
LEAF PRINT
You will need:
* Paper
* Different types of leaves
* Paint or crayons
Put the paper flat on the table and then put the leaf under the paper. After you’ve done that, use the crayon to shade the print of the leaf on the paper.
If you are using paint, you put the leaf in the paint and then print in on the paper.
You could bring some zip lock bags to store their leaves in if your child does not have some other idea of his own – such as decorating his tent.
If you liked this craft idea and want more I would suggest going to this website: http://www.parentingtoddlers.com/toddlercraft.html
See one of our unique children’s wooden toys. You can easily pack some wooden kids toys when you go camping and this outrageously fun eco-balancing game can be played at a picnic table when the family gathers around together. See this Tumblin’ Tree Game on our website, All I Can Imagine.
It’s ok if you do because snails (Gastropods) are found in almost every habitat, be it damp land, fresh water, or sea water. Snails are small, soft-bodied mollusk that crawls very slowly. Most snails have spiral shells on their backs into which they can pull back for protection. There are land snails, freshwater snails, and marine snails.
Did you know that a snail has only one foot? Or that it has no bones at all?
Snails move slowly making them easy to watch. Slow-moving snails are great for studying animal motion. If you find a snail in your garden and turn it over, you’ll see that it uses a large, muscular foot to crawl along.
There are two types of snails. Gilled snails have gills and can close their bodies into their shells with a plate, or door. Gilled snails usually lay their eggs in jelly-like cocoons above or under water. The trapdoor snail (actually a livebearer) and apple snail are two of these.
Pulmonate snails have lungs. They either come to the surface to breathe, or some breathe through their body surface while underwater. They cannot close their bodies into their shells. Pulmonate snails usually lay their eggs in gelatinous masses under water (the Malaysian trumpet snail though is a live-bearer). Examples are pond snails and ramshorn snails.
This information was found on: http://www.abc-kid.com/snails/ and http://www.teacherwebshelf.com/classroompets/insectsandco-snails.htm. See these websites for more interesting snail facts for kids.
Of Special Interest - See our 3d wooden puzzle collection. Splinter- proof wooden puzzles for kids 3 up. Brightly painted in colors that kids love, our animal puzzles will be a great addition to your child’s collection of wooden kids toys.
Even though they don’t have a camera-man following them around everyday, these dolphins sure get good press! But do they deserve it?
When we think about dolphins we think of kind, gentle, smiling creatures. We also might think of the many stories of how a dolphin has saved a person from drowning, or even the songs and stories that have been written about their tremendous feats. Who could forget the tv series ‘Flipper’? I mean, they even named a torch after dolphins, with their adverts claiming that it ‘saves lives’.
Dolphins may look like they’re smiling, but that’s just the way their mouths are shaped….I think though, that they may be laughing at us as behind those kind eyes lurks a darker side.
Dolphins are wild animals, and can be very rough and aggressive…after all, they really do ‘swim with the sharks’!
Marine mammal biologist, Trevor Spradlin, says “People have been seriously injured while trying to interact with wild dolphins, and dolphins have been known to bite, ram, and pull people under the water’s surface”.
You can find more fun Dolphin facts for kids at the website where I found this information: http://www.planetpatrol.info/dolpr.html
We have a puzzle play set for kids 3 and up with a sea life theme. Each puzzle piece is a separate wooden kids toy and is a great learning tool for preschoolers. These puzzle playsets are also available in a Rainforest theme and a Dinosaur theme. 
Great white bears are not left-pawed. Scientists observing the animals haven’t noticed a preference. In fact, polar bears seem to use their right and left paws equally.
Use of tools. Polar bears do not use tools, including blocks of ice, to kill their prey. Scientist Ian Stirling believes that this idea may have come about because, after failing to catch a seal, a frustrated and angry polar bear may kick the snow, slap the ground—or hurl chunks of ice.
Hollow hair conducts UV light. A polar bear’s hollow hairs do not conduct ultraviolet light to its black skin. This theory was tested—and disproved—by physicist Daniel Koon.
Covering its nose. Contrary to a legend among native hunters, polar bears do not cover their black noses while lying in wait for seals. Canadian biologist Ian Stirling, who has spent several thousand hours watching polar bears hunt, has never seen this behavior. Nor have other scientists.
Bi-polar bears? Polar bears live only in Arctic areas that surround the North Pole—not in Antarctica, which surrounds the South Pole. School children often see illustrations of penguins and polar bears together, but this could never happen. In fact, the word arctic comes from the Greek word for bear, and Antarctic comes from the Greek meaning the opposite, without bear.
The above was gathered from: http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears/bear-essentials-polar-style/myths-and-misconceptions
Remember to visit our website All I Can Imagine for your wooden kids toys. We have beautiful wood playsets for indoor play. See our Arctic Expedition that includes a tote-able Velcro-closure Igloo tote and 9 chunky wooden figures – for ages 3 up.
This farm animal can see almost 360 degrees and can see colors too! And, the cow can smell up to 5 miles away.
Cows can live up to 25 years. Cows have four stomachs, and no two cows have the same pattern or spots. An adult male cow is called a bull and an adult female is called a cow. Cows eat corn, hay, barley, beet pulp, grass and wheat.
You can read about other farm animals and find neat craft ideas at this website: http://kiddyhouse.com/Farm/
See a neat set of wood blocks, manufactured by ImagiPLAY. These wood blocks are fun kids toys to help teach about six farm animals. These blocks are called 
Buddy Blocks and are a safe Color Matching and Puzzle Toy.
Colorful animals make our wooden kids toys a great puzzle for boys and girls age 18 months and up. Kids learn to match colors and animals.
Each four piece block set forms six different puzzles featuring colorful animals. When choosing our Farm Buddy Blocks set two of the animals you will get are a pink pig and a brown and white cow. (We also have sets of backyard animals and jungle animals.)
According to what I have read children generate knowledge and meaning from their own experiences (child developmental experts at GeniusBabies.com). They suggest that “educational toys for younger children are based on constructivism, a psychological theory”.
Therefore, it is necessary to allow children to create their own knowledge by allowing them to be active in their own learning process. This process applies to infants, toddlers as well as preschoolers.
However, it is also suggested that most toys can be educational through play for all developmental stages of childhood. Parents and educators shopping for their children’s toys are encouraged to read the boxes of all toys they are considering purchasing to ensure they are getting an age appropriate toy.
Remember, though, that it is a good idea to choose toys that are appropriate for your own child’s stage of development – regardless of his/her age.
If you have children age 1-1/2 they will enjoy playing with Backyard Buddy Blocks manufactured by ImagiPLAY. These blocks are safe toddler learning toys which provide puzzle fun play as well as block play.
Whether you purchase Backyard Buddy Blocks, Jungle blocks or Farm blocks, these wooden kid’s toys will provide your child hours of fun matching up the animals. Each block set is also a color matching puzzle. There are 6 different puzzles in each set, featuring colorful animals your kids will love.
Read more at Suite101: Best Gifts for Children: Educational Games and Toys That Teach and Promote Physical Fitness http://kids-games.suite101.com/article.cfm/best_gifts_for_children#ixzz0k3gw1YXG
The development of gross motor skills for your toddlers is very important! Providing your kid’s playsets with chunky pieces that they easily can grasp and play with will help their muscles develop.
Besides providing your children playsets, giant toy blocks and a variety of other wooden kids toys, Theraputty is another great idea to give your children. Theraputty is a strong silly-putty-like material that comes in a tub. It comes in various “strengths” so there is more or less resistance when squeezed.
Working on a variety of hand skills, it is easy to play with anytime and anywhere – it’s fun and kids love it. Here is a website where you can purchase some Cando Theraputty. http://www.allegromedical.com/exercise-fitness-c523/cando-theraputty-p555170.html
Each Cando Theraputty is color-coded and has a different consistency ranging from XX-Soft for strengthening the weakest grasp to X-Firm for developing a stronger grip. Available in convenient easy-open plastic containers. Store you putty in this container when play is done and seal the lid tightly so it does not dry out.
You might want to try a couple of different strengths when you first buy this product. It is good for kids, teens, adults and seniors. It’s just good, fun exercise for your hands.
Remember to see our puzzle playsets at All I Can Imagine. There are three themes of floor puzzles; Rainforest, Dinosaur and Sealife and each of our playsets have chunky pieces that children age 3 up can play with to help them strengthen and develop fine motor skills.
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.