We love wooden toys. In fact, I think I am going to ban the purchasing of plastic toys – even secondhand ones – from our household.
One of the first quality wooden toys that we personally purchased (we’ve been given a few as delightful gifts) is a Tidlo Sorting and Teaching wooden clock:
These are the features that I absolutely love about it:
- The one toy facilitates so much learning: shape, colour, number and word recognition; fine motor control skills; and of course, learning about how to tell the time.
- The shapes are the perfect size for little hands.
- The shapes are magnetised – so less likely to go missing when not being played with.
- The toy is excellent quality.
- The vibrant colours are appealing to children.
- The toy is attractive enough to have on display in a child’s bedroom at all times and comes with a little stand, perfect for display on a child’s book-shelf.
We have had this toy for about a month now and my son still constantly asks to play with it. He usually tires of toys very quickly. It’s fun and educational, is a fabulous display piece, and will be loved by a child from the stage that they can start sorting shapes to when they can competently tell the time – what more could a parent ask for? A reasonable price tag? It ticks that box also.
Here is another clock shape sorter option by Melissa & Doug – love, love, love:
Do you have a shape sorter clock toy that your family loves? What other wooden toys would you recommend?
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