After many years of living with the culture of plastic toys with the argument that they should spoil and be thrown away, wooden toys are re-emerging as a sustainable option for child development, trying to make parents aware of their advantages
What are the benefits of wooden toys?
1. Wooden toys stimulate imagination and creativity
Plastic toys, usually equipped with bright lights and loud sounds, as well as complex technologies, transmit excessive information to the baby's brain that seriously compromises their ability to explore the world around them. Babies and children's attention gets caught up in those stimuli, which prevents them from looking around, exploring other objects, interacting socially, which in the medium term ends up with anxiety and inability to deal with frustrations.
Wooden toys, due to their simplicity, without sounds and lights, without batteries, allow babies and children to be interested in discovering the toy, discovering all the potential it can have and giving free rein to their imagination.
I clearly remember one of these days when there was something missing from my daughter's wooden kitchen to play with, I told her that we couldn't play with that because we didn't have one and she easily picked up something similar and told me that it wasn't any harm. , which she imagined.
Did you know that imagination is the only thing that artificial intelligence will never be able to replace humans? Making our children able to imagine and be creative is one of the best weapons we can give their future.
2. Wooden toys are guaranteed and certified by European child safety standards
Some toys can pose serious risks to children, not only because they contain fragile batteries, screws and accessories that easily break, but also because toxic substances are used in their composition.
Brand wooden toys sold in segment stores have European certification that guarantees child safety, being free of toxic substances. Even the paints used are water-based paints since in the first 18 months, babies still put a lot of things in their mouths.
According to published research, plastic toys can contain toxic substances such as copper, cadmium, lead, mercury, aluminum and phthalates, substances that can affect internal organs and cause damage to the child's development.
3. Wooden toys last a lifetime and are often passed down from generation to generation
Wooden toys last for years completely flawless and can even be restored and given a new life or look. Wood, as it is very resistant, is difficult to damage and children can play without the risk of it breaking and falling apart after a fall, which becomes particularly relevant in early childhood when babies put everything in their mouths as a way of getting to know each other. and explore the world around them.
For this reason, a dollhouse, a car or train track, a play kitchen can easily pass from child to child, from child to cousin and so on.
4. Wooden toys are no longer expensive
In fact, they are even much cheaper due to their durability and quality compared to plastic toys.
It's not difficult to see a plastic kitchen that's almost knee-high to your child and that doesn't make it past the first year without being completely broken , costing the same amount as a wooden toy kitchen that accompanies the child for several years, impeccable.
5. Wooden toys promote children's development of various skills
Wooden toys stimulate and improve hand-eye coordination, essential for the simultaneous use of hands and eyes to later be able to write manually or on the computer keyboard, play sports and perform everyday tasks such as opening a lock.
Wooden toys are also interesting for sight and touch because they are aesthetically beautiful and stimulating, and also offer different textures.
6. By choosing wooden toys you are inevitably educating yourself about sustainability
We would say that the biggest challenge we have as parents is to be consistent with the actions and values we want to transmit and by starting by introducing wooden toys into a child's life, we are instilling, without any effort, the preference for this type of toys. Basically, we are, from the outset, educating our children about sustainability and respect for the environment, from scratch. After all, it is our children who will be the adults of tomorrow.
7.Wooden toys are environmentally friendly and sustainable
Wooden toys are produced with organic, durable, renewable and biodegradable material, so buying or offering wooden toys does not pollute the environment.
