Wooden toys allow children to use their imaginations. These toys don’t ‘play with themselves’ and, being rather simplistic, there are few to no bells and whistles’ to distract a child from the thought and imagination that goes with quality play. Though it certainly cannot be explained by anything scientific, wooden toys just seem to have the magic touch when it comes to encouraging imaginative play through exploration and contact.
The truth is that the latest gadget on the latest toy has not made traditional children’s wooden toys any less desirable to children, or even to adults for that matter. The latest plastic toy has not made wooden toys become obsolete. In addition, while wooden toys may not have all of the bells and whistles of modern toys they still allow children to engage in meaningful play, developing cognitive and problem-solving skills that will carry throughout the rest of their lives.