There is just something about good quality wooden toys that I love ~ the feel, the durability, and the open ended play that most wooden toys provide! We received brightly colored, wooden nesting Cylinders and Cubes from Guidecraft for the kids to play with.
About the Cylinders and Cubes
Both the Cylinders and Cubes come painted with brightly colored non-toxic paint and have a fun pattern painted on the edge. The pieces graduate from primary (red, blue and green) to pastel colors. You can use the bright yellow base to stack and sort the pieces.
Our Thoughts
We really had fun with the Cylinders and Cubes! We took turns seeing who could stack the most pieces before they would came tumbling down.
We hide a gem under one of the Cylinders and guessed where it was. To make it a bit more educational we talked about ordinal numbers. I would give Aiden a hint like it is under the 2nd Cylinder.
We did some color matching with colored pencils ~ talking about the variations in the colors and
Aiden made a dinosaur pet shop using the Cubes.
These are not your ordinary stacking containers! The pieces are recommended for ages 3 and up however, since they are painted with non-toxic paint I would feel comfortable giving them to younger children.
Find Out More
You can purchase the Cylinders and Cubes directly from Guidecraft. The Cylinders and Cubes are also available from Amazon.
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As a Guidecraft Mom blogger, I was provided this product to review. I was not paid for this post and all opinions expressed in this post are mine.
~Cindy
2 comments:
Cindy, I too love wooden toys and these sure do look like a big hit!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.
You are so good at creatively extending the learning. I like the colored pencil matching game, and the dinosaur pet shop...well, I can totally see my boys doing something like that. :)
Great pictures!
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