ROADTEST - The Good Old Wooden Puzzles!

It is great to see this advice is still of interest to parents. These puzzles have amazing ability to stimulate the little minds of our loved ones. Problem solving is a major part of our lives and skills that must be both nurtured and encouraged.

hey, my little one who is 15mths has been playing with puzzles since her first birthday. This is her favorite thing to do along with her books. I think puzzles are defantly a great thing to have for them. Great article!!

cheers naomi

they are the best...well anything out of wood really....

i love the feel and the color of wooden pieces and only just bought the little one a color wooden puzzle for $12.00 new

good article, thanks for sharing

rue

I believe the best toys ever invented where the wooden ones.

Some of them where not safe.

Such as the rocking horse, but good if parents where supervising while using.

There used to be a great variety of wolden toys avalible.

There where ones with beads and puzzles.

They are mostly memorys now unless you have heaps of money and know where to get

Great qualitiy items.

Great Advice

Links: http://www.mywoodentoys.com.au/

http://www.mothergoosetoys.com.au/

http://www.thehipinfant.com.au/

Where did you get these?I have been looking for them. The only ones I can find are in second hand shops.

They are just the best.

Our kids at 17 and 19 are beyond these by now (I hope) but we have kept them for our Grandchildren one day...they last last forever and do teach the kids to problem solve which I see as one of the best things a parent can teach.

omg.. i remember these wooden puzzles !
i feel so old now... LOL

but yeah, great article, i think i'll definitely buy some of these for Alisha :)
or maybe for myself. LOL j/k

thanks for the heads up !

xox

I love wooden puzzles too. Actually I love all wooden toys - they look great, and stay looking great for a long time. Also they make great hand-me-downs for your children's children in years to come, and to keep as heirlooms.

We have the wooden Thomas the Tank Engine train set, Plan City car tracks, lots of wooden musical instruments etc...

I have heaps of these. They are fantastic and cheap and there are so many! I usually get mine at Kmart or similar for about $6

My kids puzzels are all wooden i love them and so do the kids.Great article and thanks for sharing.

Hugs and Kisses

Great article. We have lots of wooden toy's and puzzles. They are so durable and when the colour fades you can re- paint or stick new pictures on them. We have two toy shops close at hand that do nothing but wooden toy's. It is such good fun when Birthday and Christmas come around, to go down and choose a toy. It makes me feel like a kid again. He He.

Luv Winnie.xx

Oh reading this advice sure brings back memories for me as a kid.....never knew they were still made. Great learning aid for children.

Cheers Janice

They are an excellent idea I only have the wooden ones at home, only because my little ones think that the cardboard tastes great!!!!!!!! and I ended up loosing all the pieces.   Kmart and Big W are great places to find them.  There is also a party plan bunch that goes around selling them too.  I think they can also make to order if you wanted one made in the kids names.

http://www.jigsaw.net

Thanks madchanny xxxxx

Yeah, sure enough they're still around. I've also recently bought my daughter some wooden puzzles, and so have my parent's. They've also got the latest one's at my daughter's kindy. Very good to have.