Eco-Friendly Toy Review: Natural Pod
Want to unleash your child’s creativity? Take away his toys.
No, I’m not Scrooge.
And I don’t mean to imply that you should take away all of your child’s toys; just all of this battery-powered, light-em-up, electro-beeping toys. Not permanently. Just for a day.
For the record, yes, my kids have a few electronic gadgets. So I know how tempting it is to plug them in to something that keeps them safe, quiet, and out of your hair for a few hours. But I also know that while those toys certainly keep my girls entertained they do not get them engaged (I don’t care how much the manufacturers try to push their educational value.)
So I really try to reserve those toys for occasions when their brains need a rest (when they’re sick, when I’m sick, and road trips.) And instead of those toys, I make sure my girls have access to toys that keep their brains active and spark their creativity. Blocks, dolls, figurines, art supplies, puzzles, cars, and trains are some of my girls’ favorites.
Simple is best when it comes to kids toys. And with the holidays approaching, I was pretty excited to come across a company called Natural Pod that makes simple, creativity-sparking toys, like wooden puzzles and musical instruments, hand-sewn plush dolls, hand-dyes play silks and more.
We gave the Tree Branch Blocks (pictured above) a test drive in our house and so far they have been used for stacking, counting, sorting, and of course, to create a home for forest gnomes. Their unusual shapes and sizes are a welcome complement to our collection of symmetrical wooden blocks. And their sturdy construction means that they’ll “stick” around long enough to be passed down again and again.
/images/ads/120.jpg)
Jennifer, thanks for the great review. I’m glad your children like the trees blocks. We have a new post on our blog about cleaning out the toy room and getting back to the basics. With the holidays coming this is a helpful idea.
http://www.naturalpod.com/blog
What a fun idea – really like the natural blocks.
I agree your view. My experience has shown your points to be true, then again, I have also read the opposite from other sites like this one. Do you have any suggestions for locating more savvy information on natural health or related topics? I would most appreciate it!
Can you please deliver me a mail. I genuinely like your style.
Wonderful informative blog and also you have made great content with useful points.I hope that you won’t mind to comment on site related to your niche market with a link back to your site. Cheers!
I have been examinating out a few of your posts and i can state pretty clever stuff. I will surely bookmark your blog. http://jailbrkiphon.blogs.experienceproject.com/679733.html
I am also writing to make you know what a cool experience our child experienced reading through your site. She learned a wide variety of details, not to mention what it’s like to have a wonderful giving spirit to get many more quite simply fully grasp specified grueling topics. You undoubtedly surpassed readers’ expected results. Many thanks for offering these valuable, trusted, edifying and in addition easy thoughts on this topic to Gloria.
Do you acknowledge that it is the best time to get the home loans, which can help you.
Generally speaking, this post showed me some valuble tips to get a rough idea, Though I know it well. We better to share these kind of posts in social media.
Excellent http://www.svetahayafabelik.info/electronics/how-you-can-get-far-more-out-of-your-video-marketing/
I just stumbled upon your site and i truly saved it accommodating,you’ll be rewarded to your efforts!3$4
But, who knows.
Lovely blog! I am loving it!! Will be back later to read some more. I am taking your feeds also. http://www.breadmachinesreview.net/
The tiger put Cinnamon’s hand into his. It was a spicy tiger paw.
I confine validate up dorsum behind to your blog numerous times. The added articles are incredibly captivating and interesting. I direct to signup during your rss on the everything being, so I can countenance in cultured of your present-day editorials.
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting
How is the blizzard clean-up coming? It was pretty bad this year.
But, who knows.