Wooden Fold & Go Toy Barn

This activity stimulates important skills which are wonderful for your child's well-being and ability to learn new things:

• Makes your child unleash their imagination.
• In role play, your child creates their own universe or imitates us adults.
• Motivates your child to practise social skills, such as being able to lose, listen, trade toys, or wait their turn, being patient and tolerant, and making an effort to read the situation.

Suitable for children aged 3 yrs. to 6 yrs.

Playing with dolls, play sets, face paint, or dressing up are all ways of engaging in role play. Role play is key in your child's development. When role playing, your child is inspired to think creatively about their own identity. What are my superpowers as a sword fighter or a giant? How does a cowboy or a turtle talk? These kinds of ponderings help develop your child's social skills. When role playing, your child can experiment with rules, boundaries, and opportunities for social interaction and identity formation, and this benefits their understanding of the world they live in.

Do you know Melissa & Doug?

Melissa & Doug produce toys that give children's brains and bodies lots to learn by capturing their attention and stimulating their curiosity. Therefore, the Toy Academy aunties and uncles have enjoyed a good relationship with the talented toy makers at the American company for many years.

The playthings are durable and versatile, and many of the items can be played with in a number of different ways. This means the toys are extra sustainable, as they offer lots of different play opportunities that do not require extra consumption of the planet's resources and energy. And every year, the toy company comes up with exciting new toy ideas.

See our selection from Melissa & Doug here.