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It seems like one of the first toys each toddler receives is a set of wooden building blocks. I had a set when I was a child and I bet you did, too. Remember? There were squares and cubes and rectangles and triangles. And they were bright red, yellow, blue and green? And even if you only had one set you had lots of blocks to make castles and houses or forts. But if you had more than once set you could build an entire town! And they were one of the few toys that my parents let us play with either inside or out because even if you left them beneath the tree or in the middle of the driveway you really could not hurt them.

I remember my brother and I used to play with those things all the time. He was a great castle builder and now, thirty five years later, he’s a very successful architect whereas I on the other hand build elaborate wedding cakes. So it’s true what they say about giving your child wooden toys to play with as opposed to all those remote control toys and games they have now. Wooden toys let your child use their own imagination to entertain themselves and they learn valuable lessons in the process. They teach your children motor skills, balance, and problem solving skills. And they allow your kids to be creative.

There are all sorts of wooden blocks nowadays, too. The ABC blocks are not just plain old cubes anymore, they’ve gotten much more colourful than I remember. And I saw a set of Pintoy Fancy blocks that were kind of like the building blocks I played with except that they had pinks and sky blues and there were clouds and different designs painted on them. Those would have gone great with my building block castles!

You can still even get those building block stacking rings and peg boards and now they have colorful boards that are like a puzzle created from blocks that teach your kids colours and shapes and help with their hand to eye coordination. And although there will always be wooden pull-toys, they appear to get a little more colorful and silly looking each year.

But when you take a take a look at the wooden blocks that are offered and all the other wooden toys, you’ll notice that a lot of them are like the exact same wooden toys you used to play with when you were a kid. And that is because wooden toys are timeless. There will always be wooden blocks, they may just be different colors. And the same goes for wooden puzzles and wooden cars and wooden pull-toys. They will always be favorites because they are simple to care for and they’re durable toys that do not break or fall apart. There aren’t any batteries required, no speech chips to switch and you do not have to buy special programs and controllers to be ready to play with them. And the easy designs are classic, basic designs that intrigue and delight kids from generation to generation.

Want to find out more about wood toys, then visit Noah Meckler’s site on how to choose the best building blocks toys for your needs.