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Melissa Doug Wooden
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Melissa , Doug Deluxe Wooden Frolicking Frog Pull Toy $36.08 |
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Melissa , Doug Large Knob Wooden Farm Puzzle *NEW* $29.79 |
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Melissa Doug First Shapes Jumbo Wooden Knob Puzzle Kid $9.95 |
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Melissa , Doug Deluxe Wooden 48-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle $23.26 |
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Melissa , Doug Deluxe Wooden Multi-Activity Table NEW $136.44 |
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Melissa , Doug Farm Wooden Chunky Puzzle *NEW* $23.04 |
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MELISSA & DOUG Pull-Along Zoo Animals Wooden Puzzle Toy $8.00 |
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Melissa & Doug Wooden Dress-Up Prince & Princess 3548 $16.49 |
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Melissa & Doug Decorate Your Own Wooden Treasure Chest $10.95 |
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Melissa & Doug Wooden Toaster Bread Butter Set $19.99 |
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Melissa Doug Barnyard Animals Jumbo Wooden Knob Puzzle $9.95 |
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Melissa Doug House Pets Jumbo Wooden Knob Puzzle Child $9.95 |
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Melissa Doug Fish Bowl Jumbo Wooden Knob Puzzle Child $9.95 |
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Melissa Doug Large Shapes Jumbo Wooden Knob Puzzle Kid $15.99 |
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Melissa Doug Bugs Chunky Wooden Puzzle Child Kid Toy $8.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wooden Dominoes Game Set Child Kid Toy NEW $15.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wooden Bear Family Dress Up Puzzle Toy $12.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG 4-twelve piece wooden jigsaw puzzle NEW $5.00 |
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Melissa Doug Royal Family Wooden Doll Set Child Kid Toy $15.99 |
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*NEW* MELISSA AND DOUG WOODEN DINOSAUR PICTURES FRAME $5.00 |
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TOUCH & FEEL PETS WOODEN PUZZLE by Melissa & Doug+NEW $13.99 |
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NUMBERS, A WOODEN SOUND PUZZLE by Melissa & Doug +NEW $17.99 |
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Wooden Tabletop Puppet Theatre by Melissa & Doug New $44.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Wooden Dress Up Joey – Magnetic NIP $11.99 |
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NIP Melissa and Doug Wooden Take Along Tool Set, 24 pcs $9.99 |
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Melissa &AND Doug 2 Wooden PUZZLE CRAFT KIT Party FAVOR $6.79 |
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Melissa and& Doug BOOKMARK Wooden CRAFT KIT Party FAVOR $6.79 |
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Melissa & Doug Wooden Fully Furnished Dollhouse New NIB $79.95 |
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Melissa & Doug Wooden Childs Dress Up Abby & Emma Dolls $18.49 |
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MELISSA & DOUG WOODEN POUND AND ROLL TOWER FOR 2+ NIB!! $14.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Learning Wooden Shape Sorting Clock Toy $2.50 |
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Melissa & Doug – Large Knob Wooden Farm Puzzle – NEW!!! $19.99 |
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Melissa and Doug Wooden Pizza Kit Play set! NIB! Sealed $6.00 |
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New Melissa and Doug Wooden Rescue Vehicles $15.99 |
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Melissa and Doug Wooden Railway Set $89.95 |
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LKNEW Melissa & Doug Construction Wooden Chunky Puzzle $8.33 |
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Melissa & Doug Vehicle Wooden Sound Peg Puzzle $3.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Pets Wooden Sound Peg Puzzle $1.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Farm Wooden Sound Peg Puzzle $3.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Sweet Hearts Wooden Jewelry Bead Set $5.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Gleeful Garden Wooden Jewelry Bead Set $11.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Flower Power Wooden Jewelry Bead Set $5.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Decorate Your Own Wooden Princess Mirror $5.99 |
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Melissa and Doug Wooden Magnetic African American Doll $4.99 |
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WOODEN FOLD & GO STABLE W/ HORSES – Melissa & Doug NEW $44.99 |
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DAZZLING DINOS DINOSAUR WOODEN WOOD PUZZLE MELISSA DOUG $0.99 |
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Take Along Wooden Tool Kit by Melissa and Doug $12.99 |
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Wooden Construction Vehicles~set of 6 Melissa and Doug $15.19 |
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Wooden Rescue Vehicles ~ set of 6 ~ Melissa and & Doug $15.19 |
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Wooden Diesel Train Cars ~set of 6 ~ Melissa and & Doug $15.19 |
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Melissa & Doug Deluxe All-Star Sports Cork Board $13.50 Create a place in your child’s world to hang artwork, good-grade school papers, ribbons, medals or any other proud accomplishment. This cork board features a solid-wood frame, is easy to personalize and comes with easy-grip, coordinating push pins. Measures 20″ x 15″…. |
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Melissa & Doug Deluxe Easel Paper Roll (4 Pack Bundle) for Deluxe Standing Easel and Table-Top Easel $21.95 Melissa and Doug Easel Paper Roll Imagine the possibilities! This extra long roll of premium white bond paper is 18 x 75. Draw with pencils, crayons, markers, chalk or paint with poster or watercolor paints, this paper is awaiting the imaginative touch! Whether on an easel, a table or unrolled on the floor, this is the perfect paper for any project or masterpiece!… |
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Melissa and Doug Fold and Go Mini Castle $31.95 From the Manufacturer It’s easy to man the battlements in this compact, decorative wooden castle. The king and queen have thrones and a royal bed, and two knights with horses to defend them and their treasure chest. The castle includes a working drawbridge, a dungeon and a handle for portable adventures. Product Description |
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Melissa & Doug Baby Moses Wooden Jigsaw (30 pc) $7.99 It?s our Grand Opening and we?re busy adding products and product descriptions. A description hasn?t been added to this product yet, but it?s coming very soon. If you have any questions, please visit our Help section. You may also click here to contact us or click the chat live banner in the left column of this page. Our products are made by top manufacturers who care about toy safety, quality and… |
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melissa and doug jumbo chunky wooden puzzle B58QDRER0K0XFZ5IHQH2… |
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Griffkin 1000 Piece Building Set in Wooden Box Make amazing things with these fun Griffkin Blocks! Griffkin Blocks are the winners of the Toy Mothers Smart Play Smart Toy and Best Toy award 2008! Wooden blocks have been around for centuries and make an excellent tool to teach basic math concepts, organizational skills, sequential skills, and spatial relations. It is no surprise that blocks are found in almost every pre-school and kindergarten… |
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Pizza Party Wooden Puzzle By Melissa and Doug $15.96 Attention pizza lovers! Create your own “personal pizza” with this sturdy wooden pizza set. Six thick slices served in a brightly colored tray, complete with cutter, spatula and over 50 toppings stored neatly in a wooden box. A tremendous value any way you slice it! 10 inches x 13.5 inches x 2 inches. Includes 63 PiecesAges 3+… |
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Wooden Sushi Slicing Playset by Melissa and Doug $17.99 This set comes in a traditional looking wooden Bento Lunch box for easy storage. This great set includes over 20 wooden pieces including chop sticks and knife. Even includes a menu sheet!Ages 3+… |
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Classic ABC Wooden Block Cart By Melissa and Doug $9.99 Stack, spell and count with these wooden blocks, featuring a variety of pictures, letters and numbers. Contains 30 pieces.9″ x 7″ x 2.5″Ages 2+… |
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Melissa & Doug Deluxe Easel Paper (3 pack bundle) $15.99 Value-priced, easy-loading replacement paper roll for our Deluxe Standing Easel (25 yds.)… |
Go to any toy store and you can see two categories of toys. One category would be those toys which existed when you were a child and when your father was a child and also when his father was a child. These are the toys that were invented a long time ago and continue to attract children of different countries and cultures. These toys are called the classic toys. They still are popular in their wooden form. They still are popular as classic wooden toys. The other category consists of toys that never existed when you were a kid and which you find it difficult to understand despite being an adult.
A quick trip down memory lane is sufficient to list the popular classic wooden toys.
The most popular classic wooden toy is an icon. Every kid, at some point of time or the other, has wanted to become a soldier. Every kid knew that the best part of being a soldier was that you could ride horses. That is the reason why every kid loved the wooden horse. All he or she needed was an imaginary sword and he or she was a heroic general saving the world. This toy was and still is the most popular classic wooden toy.
Although men do not admit it, they too loved playing with dolls. They loved the whole setup- the wooden dolls, the wooden doll houses, the wooden doll furniture, the wooden kitchen sets, the wooden puppet theatre, the wooden carts etc. All children, whether male or female, love playing with dolls. Some grow out of them but nobody forgets them. Wooden dolls are another example of classic wooden toys.
Another popular classic wooden toy is the wooden train on the wooden tracks. You may have memories of fighting with you father and your elder siblings to play with this toy. You never grow out of this classic toy. Boys will always love to play with the wooden trains on its wooden tracks.
Every toy contributes to the development of the children. However, one classic wooden toy that is indispensable for the development of the children is the wooden building block. Wooden blocks introduce the children to the new world where their imagination and their creativity are not fettered by the chains of reality.
The classic wooden toys are very simple and very functional. There are no rules to be remembered and no method to be followed. All that is needed is imagination and the toys help you on the way.
Kids have played with these classic toys for centuries now and yet have not become tired of them. The classic toys have remained true to the basic rule that all toys must comply with. Toys are mere objects. It is the imagination of the children that converts them into objects of entertainment and amusement. They are means to an end, the end being the amusement and the development of the children.
Another popular classic wooden toy is the ‘Yo-Yo’. A simple toy consisting of a round object wrapped in a flexible and elastic string. This toy has redefined the concept of fun for children irrespective of cultural, national or linguistic differences.
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Melissa Doug Wood
Melissa Doug Wood
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Melissa Doug Painted Wood Puzzle Storage Box Unit room $27.99 |
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SANDWICH MAKING WOOD PLAY SET Melissa and Doug food NEW $15.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Classic Game Wood Pick Up Jacks Toy Game $9.99 |
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200 PC WOOD COLORED BUILDING BLOCKS MELISSA DOUG – NEW $21.75 |
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Wood puzzel Melissa & Doug Magnetic Bug Collecting Game $2.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wooden Chess Game Set Kid Child Wood $21.94 |
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Melissa and Doug Wood Sandwich Making Set ~ BRAND NEW ! $16.99 |
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Solid~Wood~Folding~Princess~Castle by Melissa & Doug $69.99 |
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HUGE LOT OF WOOD MELISSA & DOUG TRAINS & MORE $5.99 |
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MELISSA & DOUG WOOD DOLLHOUSE W FURNITURE & PEOPLE $39.99 |
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Melissa and Doug Classic Marbles in Pouch and Wood Box $6.95 |
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Melissa Doug Wood Lacing Beads Farm Animals Age 3+ $12.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wood Farm Log Play Set 90 Pcs Barn Animals $29.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wood Furnished Mansion Doll House Child $124.99 |
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Exc. Cond. Set of 3 Melissa and Doug Wood Puzzles $8.99 |
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Melissa Doug Wooden Checkers Game Set Kid Child Wood $18.99 |
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4 WOOD VEHICLE PUZZLES IN A BOX by Melissa & Doug NEW $10.99 |
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NOAH’S ARK JUMBO WOOD CHUNKY PUZZLE Melissa & Doug NEW $17.99 |
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Melissa & Doug 100 Piece Wood Blocks Set *NEW* $33.69 |
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Melissa & Doug Dressing Bears Family Wood Puzzles $4.99 |
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200 PC WOOD COLORED BUILDING BLOCKS MELISSA DOUG – NEW $0.99 |
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Melissa and Doug-Like Wood Number Puzzle Excell. Cond. $3.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Endangered Species Wood Puzzle Exc Cond. $3.99 |
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NEW VICTORIAN DOLLHOUSE WOOD DOLL HOUSE MELISSA & DOUG $134.99 |
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WOOD BATHROOM DOLLHOUSE SET by Melissa & Doug NEW $21.99 |
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FIRE TRUCK wood Sound Peg Puzzle Melissa and Doug New! $10.49 |
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VEHICLES MIX & MATCH WOOD PEG PUZZLE Melissa & Doug NEW $6.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Wood Puzzle & Ravensburger Puzzle $1.99 |
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Melissa & Doug (?) Wood Magnetic Calendar $5.99 |
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Furnished Doll House by Melissa & Doug $118.95 3 years and up. A two story wooden house includes 18 pieces of furniture, four dolls and a removable atrium with balcony. Assembly required. 24″H x 22″W x 15″D…. |
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Maple Landmark 25128 HANG-A-NAME- STARTERS- FIRE TRUCK $4.99 Personalize your baby’s nursery or room. Hang-A-Name starter shapes have a keyhole slot in the back for easy hanging on the wall or door. Hangs from a screw or nail(not included). Made from pine, with a non-toxic color finish. Attach Hang-A-Name letters to a starter shape to create a name or word…. |
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Melissa& Doug Bead Set Bundle (3 Pack) $34.99 This bead bundle set comes with Flower Power, Sweet Hearts and Butterfly Beads. Thats 450 beads!… |
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Starlite Drive-In Theater: Van Nuys Blvd./Little Laura & Big John $2.40 This collection presents a double feature of 1970s drive-in classics: VAN NUYS BLVD. (1979) follows the wacky exploits of a small-town teen who moves to L.A. to cruise the city’s main drag; while LITTLE LAURA & BIG JOHN (1973) dramatizes the real-life story of the criminal Ashley gang who roared through the 1920s in a blazing trail of bank robberies rumrunning and murder.System Requirements:Runnin… |
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El El Hazard: The Alternative World, Vol. 2: The Spring of Life $0.01 Romance is in the air for Miz and Rune, for they have found their true loves. Unlike the ruler of Creteria, Dall Narciss, whose infatuation is ignored by the naive Water Priestess, Qawoor. Even Fatora thinks she’s in love. But what kind of relationship could she have with Gilda, the head of Creteria’s militia? Then there is Makoto who is diligently seeking the secret behind the Spring of Life, an … |
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Griffkin 1000 Piece Building Set in Wooden Box Make amazing things with these fun Griffkin Blocks! Griffkin Blocks are the winners of the Toy Mothers Smart Play Smart Toy and Best Toy award 2008! Wooden blocks have been around for centuries and make an excellent tool to teach basic math concepts, organizational skills, sequential skills, and spatial relations. It is no surprise that blocks are found in almost every pre-school and kindergarten… |
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Melissa & Doug Friendship Stamp Set $5.44 Mix and match the 8-9 playfully detailed stamps to create hundreds of beautiful scenes, and then color in the pictures with the 5 colored pencils! Each themed set includes 2 colored inkpads. Ages 4+. Each set 8.75″ x 8″ x 2″…. |
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Melissa & Doug Cutting Food Box $11.75 Melissa and Doug 31 Piece Cutting Food Box Kids love hearing the realistic crunch as they slice their way through the fruits and vegetables in this exciting Melissa and Doug set! This smooth-sanded, solid wood set in vibrant colors features a cutting board, rounded knife, and 8 food items that cut into 29 pieces. Not to worry – Melissa and Doug has made this play set safe for your preschooler by … |
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Melissa & Doug Birthday Party Birthday Cake $10.98 It’s a wish come true! This uniquely playful wooden birthday cake has enough slices and toppings for every “party guest” and enough candles to last for years! Includes wooden spatula and convenient storage box…. |
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Melissa & Doug Solid Wood Snowman Stacker $12.95 AGES 18 MONTHS +… |
Melissa & Doug Wooden Puzzles Help Toddler Development
Wooden puzzles encourage many types of physical and emotional development among toddlers, while at the same time providing durable, low-cost toys for toddlers. Non-toxic puzzles with smooth-edged pieces are safe for toddlers, as well as easy for them to pick up and move around.
With today’s global economy, there are a slew of wooden puzzles to choose from. Costs are relatively low thanks to slave labor wages paid to oppressed workers in China and other communist economies. Popular brands include Melissa & Doug, Ravensburger, and Parker Brothers.
Wooden puzzles can help toddlers develop their physical motor skills and their hand-eye coordination. Because a puzzle requires the child to manipulate several relatively small objects, this will develop their physical skills. They will learn to visually match the puzzle piece with its corresponding space on the puzzle board, and then will learn to physically manipulate and fit the piece into that space. They will also have to match colors and shapes on the board to colors and shapes on their puzzle pieces, which will engage multiple areas of the child’s brain.
Puzzles can improve a toddler’s cognitive skills, in particular their problem-solving and reasoning skills. Each puzzle piece fits in a precise location, and the child may have to rotate the puzzle piece or flip it over. A toddler may become frustrated at first as they struggle to make the piece fit. However, with continued puzzle play, the toddler’s problem-solving skills will improve with repeated successes at solving their problem (making the puzzle piece fit).
Problem-solving requires persistence and steadfastness to stay with the task until it is solved. It requires breaking the problem down into smaller steps, then solving each step one at a time, while maintaining a focus on completing the overall objective. Each of these problem-solving skills is required by puzzles. As children grow and develop better skills, puzzles can grow increasingly more challenging in order to continue promoting skill development at higher levels with increasing degrees of difficulty. Puzzles can even teach the child patience, as a puzzle piece that does not fit one way will ultimately fit somewhere if they keep trying.
Toddlers will also develop their spatial skills and abstract thoughts by playing with wooden puzzles. As they rotate or flip a puzzle piece to make it fit in the puzzle, they will be forced to think in three dimensions. They will have to think outside their concrete thoughts (what they can see right now) and consider abstract thoughts (whether the puzzle piece will fit if they rotate it).
Puzzles may also encourage children to think ahead about the results of their actions. They will have to consider the effect of inserting a particular puzzle piece into a particular place on the puzzle board, on the placement of the next puzzle piece.
Durable wooden puzzles from brands like Melissa & Doug and others can help foster a love of puzzles in a child that will grow along with the child, evolving from wooden puzzles to jigsaw puzzles, Rubik’s cubes, and crossword puzzles. These advanced puzzles offer similar benefits as wooden puzzles, from cognitive and physical development to learning abstract thought.
About the Author
Joe Kanooga is a father of two kids, a successful business owner and the author of numerous articles about wooden puzzles. Click here to download our free Melissa & Doug guidebook filled with tips, ideas and information.
Wood Building Blocks
Wood Building Blocks
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Griffkin 1000 Piece Building Set in Wooden Box Make amazing things with these fun Griffkin Blocks! Griffkin Blocks are the winners of the Toy Mothers Smart Play Smart Toy and Best Toy award 2008! Wooden blocks have been around for centuries and make an excellent tool to teach basic math concepts, organizational skills, sequential skills, and spatial relations. It is no surprise that blocks are found in almost every pre-school and kindergarten… |
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Basswood, 4 x 6 x 12 $19.75 Basswood (Tilia americana) is a fairly soft wood, preferred for carving and is easy to work. Grown in Canada and USA. Fine straight grain material with an even texture and little contrast between early and late wood. Europeans sometimes call it American lime because it bears some carving similarities to European lime (Tilia vulgaris). Basswood is an off-white, almost cream colored, tending towards… |
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Basswood, 2 x 2 x 12 $7.99 Basswood (Tilia americana) is fine, straight grain material with an even texture and little contrast between early and late wood. Creamy white in color and lighter in weight than the related European Lime. Fairly soft, preferred wood for carving. For the true woodworker, there is nothing more important than creating a project from the right wood stock. This stock is cut to size from quality, kiln-… |
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Melissa & Doug 100 Piece Wood Blocks Set $14.88 Kids can use their creativity and imagination to build all sorts of things with this 100-piece set. The structures are only as tall and wide as the child’s imagination! With endless possibilities, it’s sure to provide hours of engaged play…. |
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Melissa & Doug Stack and Sort Board $6.95 Engage kids for hours with this classic toy that helps build matching and counting skills. Little learners can simply match the color and quantity of the colorful pieces to the key on the sturdy solid-wood board, and then stack them up on the peg. Comes with 15 wooden stacking pieces and base…. |
The Benefits of Wooden Building Block Toys
Do you know just how beneficial playing with wooden building blocks can be for a young child? As well as providing them with a fun way to keep them-selves busy, these wooden toys can increase many skills needed as they grow. Giving children the chance to play with these items can facilitate not just healthy development, but may also encourage an interest in design and construction.
Eye-hand coordination in one principle benefit. This is a learned skill that is important to emphasize when children are young, as this will be needed for basic motor skills will used to do most simple and complex tasks throughout life. Holding items, driving, and participating in sports all require good eye-hand coordination. Allowing a child to play with wooden building blocks frequently will help him/her master picking them up and placing them correctly when building a structure, thus improving their coordination.
Decision making is another benefit. Learning to make sound decisions is also important at an early age. Every day you are faced with several choices to make, and it is usually important to make the best one. When playing with building blocks, children must learn to make the best decisions for their building structures, or the whole thing will teeter and collapse. Trial and error is exhibited through the kid’s attempts to keep the blocks stacked upon each other and standing. Learning to reason well with these kinds of toys will help them learn how to use logic in other, more pressing decisions.
Encouraging social abilities is a less obvious benefit. Playing with wooden blocks may seem like it would not benefit a child socially, but it actually can when a group of kids are involved. If more than one child is working together to create a building from the blocks, they must talk to each other about the placement of the items and how to build the structure so it will stand on its own. Learning to discuss and cooperate will further their social skills. Even when they are playing alone, they will talk to whoever is supervising them about what they are creating. Given the ability to talk about their interests and what their current actions can facilitate good communication skills that will be beneficial as they grow older.
Hopefully it’s now easy to see just how advantageous it can be for kids to play with building block toys. The aid in development of physical, mental, and social skills will help them as they grow into adult life. That’s a very goods reason to choose wooden building blocks the next time you come to choose a toy for your child.
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Alphabet blocks offer many potential benefits to young kids. While they are among the simplest of all toys, they are also among the most beneficial in many ways.
One of the great things about alphabet blocks is they come with no rules and no instructions. Kids get to make up their own rules and play away. The sky is the limit for what they can do with them and how much they can learn. The blocks encourage open-ended explorations.
Alphabet blocks are available from several manufacturers including Citiblocks, Schylling and Melissa and Doug. All of these brands provide blocks that are safe and educational. To prevent any risk of lead poisoning, blocks are painted or stained only with non-toxic paint or stain, as children will undoubtedly put the blocks in their mouth! Brands like Melissa and Doug have designed their entire product line just for the younger kids, kids that would use alphabet blocks. Melissa and Doug is proud of their safety record of zero incidents of any problems and no needs for any recalls in over 20 years of business.
Alphabet blocks allow for social and emotional development among young children in two ways. First, when playing with other children, they learn to negotiate for the items they want to use and also to respect the ideas and opinions of others. Open-ended block play gives kids an opportunity to explore social behaviors and emotions in a safe environment. These benefits will transfer to other areas of the child’s life, such as when they are playing with friends!
Blocks also provide physical development for children. Playing with blocks will improve both the child’s gross motor skills and fine motor skills. As children pick up the small blocks, carry them from place to place, and position them, their small muscles will develop. Even seemingly “small” motions will provide benefits. When children stack blocks, they will improve their hand-eye coordination as well as their balance.
Standard wooden alphabet blocks naturally appeal to children. Wood that has been sanded and polished feels good to the touch. Their symmetrical shape is naturally pleasing.
Blocks allow cognitive and intellectual development for children. Blocks help children develop a concrete understanding of the world around them. They will learn about sizes, shapes, numbers, orders, area, length, patterns, and weight as they build with and put away the blocks. Blocks also help children to think abstractly. Children form mental pictures as they interact with the world around them. When they play with blocks, they can recreate these pictures in concrete form.
Finally, blocks allow for language development in children. Children love to talk about the scenes they have created, and when an adult asks questions or shows a genuine interest, the child will be learning to create a description of what they see. When adults provide a new word to describe their creations, they will be expanding their vocabulary. They can even develop their writing skills when they make signs for their buildings.
Alphabet blocks can help kids develop the skills they need to become strong and healthy physically, socially, emotionally and cognitively. Perhaps best of all, they don’t cost nearly as much as high-tech electronic toys. In fact, brands like Melissa and Doug have found ways to distribute high quality blocks around the world at very low prices.
About the Author:
Joe Kanooga is a father of two kids, a successful business owner and the author of numerous articles about Melissa and Doug and other educational toys. Click here to download our free alphabet blocks guidebook filled with helpful tips, ideas and information.
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