A step ahead for a better & safer future for your kids
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A step ahead for a better & safer future for your kids

As the world is evolving, so should we. It has become essential to preserve mother earth. With the modernization of the world, education is also being modernized. Nurtures of kids today desire that their kids start learning from the beginning, even while playing and People also prefer wooden toy to plastic toy, considering that wooden toy are better than plastic toy. In the year 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, schools & closed, and kids are taking online classes which have resulted in increased screen time.

In a survey, more than 3,000 parents found that the screen time for kids is increased by 500% or more during this period. Experts worry that this may prevent kids from building social relationships, lack imagination & creativity, and show abnormal behaviors. Hence to counter these negative effects, many parents are turning to non-digital toys.

According to data from the NPD Group, the global toy market is enjoying strong growth with an 11% sales increase in the first eight months of the year 2020 and further growing in year 2021.

New-age parents are well aware of educational and environmental requirements and wooden educational toys are acting as an aid to help increase child’s IQ, develop social and emotional intelligence, enhanced concentration & focus, relieve social anxiety, and develop motor skills. As much as they care for their child, they should also care for the environment, thus shifting towards wooden toys and preventing buying plastic toys. 

There is not one but many reasons why the wooden toy is better than plastic toy as parents avoid letting their child play with plastic toys and choose wooden toys. Some of the reasons are: – 

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1. Safer for your child

While buying any toy the first question that arises is ‘is the toy safe for the child’ The utmost priority for the parents is the safety of the child while the plastic toys are not trustworthy as the small pieces of any toy are sharp and if the toy breaks in any case that could cause injury to the child. While wooden toys do not break easily and are not sharp so the parents can ensure the child’s safety even when they are not around.

In 2016, 174,100 children under the age of 15 years were seen in emergency departments for toy-related injuries. That’s 477 kids every day & almost half of those injured were children 5 and under.

Wood is naturally Non-Toxic

2. Wood is naturally Non-Toxic

Plastic toys can contain harmful chemicals & heavy metals such as dioxins  lead, cadmium, etc. Soft plastic toys may contain more than 40% phthalates by weight. These may be linked to reproductive health effects as well as to liver & kidney cancer. On the other hand, since wood is organic material, by nature wooden toys are more eco-friendly & non-toxic in nature. So take special care in toys, many wooden toy companies including Mumtree use Non-toxic colors on the wood to make it completely harmless for kids.

In a test of 248 different toys, 92% were categorised as a “serious risk” due to the content of hazardous chemicals such as phthalates.

Better for the environment

3. Better for the environment

Wooden toys being safe for children are also safe for the environment so why not protect the environment even when you are getting a chance to do so without even doing much. Wooden toys can be reduced, reused, and recycled, and by choosing wooden toys you are doing a small part in reducing plastic waste.

“The toy industry is the most plastic intensive industry in the world” - UNEP report 2014 “Valuing plastics”

90% of the global toys are made from plastic, and uses around 3600 tons of plastic every year

Wooden toy are better than plastic toy and last longer

4. Wooden toy are better than plastic toy and last longer

As the small kids throw their toys often while playing, the plastic toys can be broken and shattered if thrown. In that case, wooden toys are the best way to prevent breakage of the toy and the kid could play with it as much as they want, as they last longer.

Wooden toys can even be passed on to generation, making it a family heirloom!

Encourage Educational & Creative Play

5. Encourage Educational & Creative Play

Plastic toys are made in a way that distracts children by their lights and sound effects whereas wooden toys focus on improving their thinking abilities. Most of the wooden toys are made in the form of puzzles, board games, blocks, etc., and encourage creative playing in children as they develop educational skills. It helps the child to grow and think in a creative way that is out of their box of imagination.

Henceforth, you can prefer wooden toys over plastic toys due to the aforesaid benefits for the self and the environment and can start taking small steps to shift to wooden toys.

The second question that arises is from where should parents buy the best quality wooden toys? We have the answer to this question! You can get the best quality wooden toys from MUMTREE.

Here at Mumtree, we have a wide range of educational wooden toys, best for the future of your little kids. We have toys like animal wooden puzzles, animal sew boards, wooden alphabet blocks, mind & strategy games. With game instructions, flashcards, activity sheets in every game along with vibrant and attractive animal illustrations.