Wooden toys have a long history

China has become the world's largest toy producer and exporter. China's most representative toys, but also the number of classic wisdom toys invented by the ancestors.

Ancient Chinese four wisdom toys: Qiqiaopu, Jiulian, Huarongdao and Luban Lock are known as the "Four Diamonds" of intelligence toys. They are the "darlings" of the world's intelligence game circles and have a lofty position in the world wisdom toys.

These four toys have a long history and rich intellectual connotations. They were spread abroad very early and became the favorite toys for westerners. Many Western intellectual toys came from them.

In the history of various countries, German wooden toys not only originated early, but also very famous. Long ago, German wooden toys had grown from small to several feet, and then to very large ones. Later, with the continuous development of wooden trains, ships, tractors and other toys to adapt to the times, wooden aircraft has become one of the toys that children like very much.

Benefits of wooden toys

Wooden toys have always occupied an important place in toy categories, not only because of its long history and retro texture, but also because of its natural material, environmental protection and durability, diverse functions, which can bring more inspiration and play methods to the baby, and give children unlimited imagination space.

Wooden toys, such as wooden gyroscopes, can make children learn a lot of physics. In addition, because of the diversity of wood playing materials, it has created a wide variety of wooden toys, patterns have also changed monotonous, numerous.

Wooden toys are actually safer than plastic toys. In addition, most of the wooden toys are very gentle and lovely, light and delicate, easy to operate, and good clean, so they are deeply loved by parents and babies.

From the product characteristics of wooden toys, it is more suitable for infants to play.

How to choose wooden toys?

Now, the market for wooden toys is uneven. Mothers must be careful when choosing and purchasing, and try to choose traditional big brand products. Toys must be carefully selected, not all need to buy, generally speaking, babies are suitable for these four types of wooden play.

1. Beaded wooden toys

Wooden Beaded toys have various shapes and bright colors, which can attract the attention of babies. When the baby strings beads with rope, it can develop fine movements to exercise hand-eye coordination, make the baby's small hands more flexible, and also make the baby count, simple addition and subtraction, shape matching, classification and so on. It is helpful to understand the relationship between things.

2. Building block wooden toys

Wooden building blocks are an ancient and classic toy, which is still popular with the public. Building blocks are also a kind of living toys. They can stimulate the baby's interest in practice, cultivate the children's spatial imagination ability of reasonable combination and collocation, exercise hand-eye coordination, and cultivate the baby's concentration. At the same time, because of the variety of shapes and colors, they can teach the baby to understand the color and geometry. Wooden building blocks have high safety and are also one of the very good toys for parents to play with their babies.

3. Wooden toys for traction

The shape of dragging toys is very cute, such as ducklings, dogs, cars and other shapes, can attract the attention of babies. This kind of toy itself has a certain texture, good stability, suitable for toys during toddling. It can not only improve the baby's cognition, but also exercise the ability of walking.

4. Wooden toys of jigsaw type

Wooden jigsaw toys have a long history in China. They are very famous puzzle toys, such as seven-piece puzzle, four-piece puzzle and so on. The shape of the jigsaw is different. In the process of splitting and assembling the graphics, the baby can form a certain cognition, which not only exercises the ability of independent thinking, but also cultivates patience and perseverance.

Selection criteria

1. Open the package to see if it smells bad.

Ordinary wooden toys have more or less the taste of wood itself. If the taste is too strong, it means that the plastic seal of toys is too strict or the paint on the surface of toys is problematic. If the plastic seal is too strict to make the toys taste, you only need to put the toys in a cool ventilated place for 2-3 days to solve the problem of taste. Generally speaking, as long as the toy paint is purchased through regular channels, there should be no problem.

2. Check whether the surface of wooden toys is smooth and burr-free

Wooden toys are mostly hand-made, so the smoother the toy surface, the finer the workmanship. Parents should choose smooth and burr-free toys to avoid burrs sticking to their babies during games.

3. Toy Material

Wooden toys generally use three kinds of materials, one is imported rubber wood, beech wood, etc., this kind of wood grain is delicate, feel good, durable, but the relative price is higher than the general toys. One kind is basswood, pine and so on. This kind of wood has beautiful grain and light handle. Most of the toys are used. One kind is splint toys, which are generally suitable for the production of patchwork or flat toys. Parents can choose suitable wooden toys according to their preferences.

4. Look at the age range

Every toy has a recommended age for children. Parents should choose toys suitable for your children's age. Babies under 3 years old have poor sense of self-protection and are easy to put toys in their mouth or nostrils, so they should choose toys with large blocks, simple shape and smooth surface. Babies over 3 years old have rich sensory experience, and their safety awareness is relatively increased. Parents can choose toys with finer quality.