John Crane Traditional Alphabet & Number Blocks

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John Crane Traditional Alphabet & Number Blocks

For thousands of years, wooden toys dominated children’s toy boxes. But with the rise of plastic came the perhaps inevitable decline of wooden toys. Cheaper, easier to mass produce & more affordable for families, toymakers were compelled to move with the times & wood simply couldn’t compete. It seemed that wooden toys had become largely obsolete.

But today is seeing a resurgence of interest & popularity in wooden toys, which retain attractiveness in their durability & quaintness – qualities which plastic simply cannot match. Similarly, wooden toys provide mental stimulation in a way that computer games, despite their enormous success, cannot. Wooden toys are less interactive & have less movement & detail than plastic toys, but this is not their disadvantage; on the contrary, it is exactly these features which encourage children to use their imaginations in order to make more of the toy. Furthermore, it is predominantly toys made out of wood which are designed especially to provide cognitive benefits: just think about wooden alphabet blocks or shape sorting games. Wooden toys have diversity unparalleled by other toys because they offer both fun & learning. & it is parents’ growing recognition of this that has led them to increasingly return to wooden toys, a once lost phenomenon which is now an ever growing trend.

Alphabet & number blocks provide an ideal way to promote numeracy & literacy in young children. Large, easy to handle & colourful, the blocks combine fun & learning & make a stimulating, entertaining toy for any young child. Avaliable now at 40% off RRP just £15.